16-DEC-2002
Division A - GRAND FINAL - A THRILLER !!
By Gemma Fornal(Wild Buffaloes)
The Thunderbirds have claimed the Broomball Mixed A Grade title after a thrilling match against the Sky Devils at Penrith Ice Palace on Monday night.
The Sky Devils came out firing at the initial face-off but could not get past goalkeeper Dane Hansen.
Both teams exchanged frequent shots on goal throughout the first half but were unable to get the ball into the back of the net.
The pace picked up in the last minute of the first half after the Sky Devils' captain Con Sourlangos took a shot from a ball rebounded off the goal post, only to be denied again by Hansen.
Goalkeeper Scott Murray saved a Thunderbirds' reply shot, keeping the score at nil-all at half time.
The game was still fast-paced and equally matched after the commencement of the second half.
After a strong, curving backhand shot from Thunderbirds' captain Saxon Hooper was saved by Hansen, the Sky Devils' Con Sourlas stole the ball against the run of play, only to have his powerful, on-target shot denied by the fingertips of Murray.
With only one and a half minutes left on the clock, Thunderbirds' Troy Carroll took the ball almost the length of the ice and took a shot that went wide of the goal.
Carroll was unlucky again just 15 seconds later when another desperate shot went wide.
Neither team was able to score before the end of regular time.
In extra time, five minutes are added to the clock, the goalkeepers leave the ice and the number of people per team is reduced to four (two males and two females).
After the face-off, Hooper gained possession but was shut down by Con Sourlangos, whose own reply shot went wide.
Again, both teams exchanged shots on goal but defence was better than attack.
Of particular note was the sometimes miracle defence work of Thunderbirds' Angela Nasr who managed to block repeated powerful shots from Sourlangos.
The buzzer sounded for the end of the overtime period, and with still no goals on the scoreboard, the game went into sudden death overtime.
A Hooper cross to Carroll was right on target, however the resulting shot missed the goal.
This was quickly followed by a strong shot from Sky Devils' Tracy Ivin that was blocked by the hand of Hooper.
The tables were turned when Ivin then blocked a strategic move from Hooper at the other end of the ice.
Nasr's defensive skills again prevented a Sky Devils goal as she fed the ball to Carroll for the start of some dangerous Thunderbirds teamwork in attack.
Hooper was unable to score from right in front of goals as the Sky Devils' Kerry Baxter blocked the shot.
After a decision that could have seen the end of the match, Carroll was given a two minute penalty for an illegal stick-check.
Despite being a man down, the Thunderbirds rallied and managed to hold out until Carroll's return.
Almost as soon as Carroll set foot back on the ice, Hooper gained possession and took the ball in towards goal.
He then passed squarely to Carroll, who was unmarked.
Carroll then blasted the ball into the back of the net, securing the second A Grade title for the Thunderbirds out of four grand final appearances.
"It's about time" said Carroll after the game.
Like the large crowd in attendance, goalkeeper Scott Murray was impressed by the quality of the fast-paced game;
"This was one of the best games of broomball I've seen in two years - absolutely unbelievable, and to be a part of it was just fantastic."
16-DEC-2002
Division B - GRAND FINAL - Phoenix vs Polar Bears
Phoenix won the last encounter between these two B division heavy weights but Polar Bears have beaten Phoenix before so it was anyones game.
Polar Bears got off to a great start working possession and creating early chances.
Phoenix though were soaking up the pressure and countering on Polar Bear errors.
The opening goal came from the new Gold Crown of Luke Petelczyc when he fired a hard shot from out wide near the blue line into the top corner.
Neither team could change the score line by half time and they went to the break 1-0 Polar Bears.
Phoenix stepped up the pressure in the second half injecting injured Cliff Pace into the line up and moving tough defender Christene Deng into goals.
However it was Mark Kim for Polar Bears providing the cushion with a break away goal making it 2-0 Polar Bears.
Instead of dropping their bundle Phoenix lifted again on the back of good support from the large crowd and on a break away of their own Matt Robson flicked across to Ben Robson who put it past keeper Andrew Leahy.
Phoenix were desperate to score in the finals minutes and Polar Bears desperate to stop them, which they did to claim their first B division title in 4 attempts.
A great season by both teams.
Especially Phoenix who have come from C grade making the B division final in their debut season.
Great season guys.. see you all next year.
19-DEC-2002
Division C - GRAND FINAL - Another THRILLER !!
Can Openers Vs. Icebergs ( C Grand Final )
On every occasion this match up has produced an outstanding game, this time was no different.
Can Openers defense once again proved frustrating for the Icebergs full court team attack.
Although with most the possession of the first half, Icebergs looked like their only chance to score would be from a heat seeking missile...
it never came.
0-0 half time and Can Openers knew how important it was for them to score before full time, created several opportunities, only to be denied by some good keeping by Garry Mitchell and Craig Loughlin-Smith.
In turn, Icebergs also started to lift their tempo, some superb passing forcing opportunities to arise, also to be denied by keeper Bob Irwin.
All this, and still normal time ended at 0-0.
5 mins of 4 on 4 extra time was now required.
The team to adapt first would surely win this game.
Icebergs, still with their full court team work got the early goal through Aaron Walsh.
Cheers went up for the Icebergs, and the celebrations begun, only to be told that there was still 4 mins on the clock and the game wasn't over.
Eventually the game restarted, and in no time Tim Edwards made the score 2-0 Icebergs.
2 goals in 3 mins seemed impossible for the Can Openers but they were going to give it their best.
Anth Courtney doing exactly that taking the score to 2-1 Icebergs. 1 minute remaining.
Could Can Openers get the quick goal to take it into sudden death overtime?.......
Unfortunately not. Icebergs winning in extra time 2-1.
3 goals in the five minute extra time period, showed how important the keepers were in this game.
Congratulations to both teams, who played an outstanding season.
69er's Vs. Flaming Tomatos ( D Grand Final )
Flaming Tomatos, having never beaten a full side, seemed to be in luck with 69ers only managing to field a 5 person team.
So it began with a period of very scrappy play, before both teams sorted themselves out.
About 10 minutes in, Flaming Tomatos' Jason Solomon made a break away, running it down field, drawing the keeper to one side and passing it off to Darren Pearce who polished it off.
Things looked good for the Tomatos, but 69ers fought back well.
With 3 minutes in the 1st remaining, Anne Greentree stole the ball from the Tomatos passed to Jay Schmidt who slammed it home, taking the half time score to 1-1.
In the second half, Flaming Tomatos luck had run out, 69ers finding one of their estranged players in Ian Ahern giving them a full side for the second half.
Soon enough 69ers were on the board again, Jay Schmidt launching one from wide and a fair way out.
Tomatos at this stage ruing their missed opportunities in the first couldn't break through the full teamed 69ers, but did well not to let another one in.
2-1 69ers.
12-DEC-2002
Division C - Week 20
Monkey Magic Vs. Icebergs ( C Preliminary Final)
Earlier on in the season, it was predicted that this could be the matchup in the final, and anyone who watched last night's match would be forgiven for mistaking it as the final.
The standard of broomball was at a high, as was the desperation shown by both teams.
Both teams had early chances before Icebergs' Kurt Briggs found himself with a bit of time midway through the first, and fired a rocket home for the first goal of the match.
Icebergs had a few more chances before half time, but several good saves by Monkey Magic keeper Aaron Toomey, took match in to half time with a 1-0 scoreline to Icebergs.
After a quick opening exchange in the second, it was Icebergs once again finding a way through, Garry Mitchell initially playing the ball off his foot in to the keeper, then gathering the rebound on his stick and put it away.
2-0 Icebergs.
With 10 minutes left on the clock, the game was far from over.
Monkey Magic found a new level (somewhere) and started to apply some real pressure on the Icebergs defence, and were eventually rewarded when Sara Kristof passed off to brother James Kristof who hammered one home from a seemingly impossible sideline position.
2-1 Icebergs with about 7 minutes remaining.
Icebergs created a few chances to restore the two goal lead but there was a huge keeper in the form of Aaron Toomey in the way.
In the dying minutes the ball found itself loose in the Icebergs defensive half.
In amongst what can only be described as a mess of desperation, Monkey Magic failed to make solid contact with the ball.
Final score was 2-1 Icebergs.
Icebergs now play Can Openers in next week's C-Grade Final.
09-DEC-2002
Ryan Findlayson 50 Games for Guinness in B Division
Ryan Findlayson celebrated his 50th B division game in style fireing the elimination final match winning goal into the top corner shattering every dream of the young and classy Western Scorpions.
Ryan has played every season since the start for Guinness and is currently 12th all time for points (Pretty good considering he plays half of every game in goals).
He has played in one grand final going down to Steelers and Guinness has made it to the preliminary final every other season.
Ryan has now also played 26 games for A division side Slytherin.
He has also represented NSW at the last 2 national championships.
09-DEC-2002
Division A - Week 19
Sky Devils vs Slytherin (A Elimination Final)
Slytherin coming off a good solid season finishing 4th and Sky Devils the form team of the competition not dropping a game in the third and final round of competition.
With a 3-1 win last week vs Slytherin, Sky Devils were moving into the game as favourites.
The game started evenly and even with Slytherin missing play maker Steve Timmins they applied plenty of pressure to the scrambling Sky Devils defence.
With 8 minutes remaining in the 1st half, a Tracy Ivin ball was centred by Andrew Nicholson around the keeper for John Skiadas to hit home into the empty net from point blank range.
The second half saw both teams create some good chances only to be foiled by the keeper at both ends.
In the end the single goal was enough to eliminate Slytherin and progress Sky Devils into the preliminary final.
A good season for Slytherin making the finals in their second season finishing in front of quality teams Mighty Ducks and Wild Buffaloes after failing to win a game last season.
Thunderbirds vs Sawawawas (A Qualifying Final)
Sawawawas were confident of qualifying having a 3-0 win/loss record over minor premiers ThunderBirds in the regular season.
And they started on fire permanently camped in the ThunderBirds defensive half raining shots on goal.
However a good mix of skill, tenacious defence (especially by Angela Nasr) and some good old fashioned good luck denied the Sawawawas the opening goal.
Nil all at half time.
The second half was similar except ThunderBirds began to set up some offence of their own, however still neither team could break the dead lock.
Until with only three minutes to go Saxon Hooper on a break away beat a defender and to the call of "Saxon, your my hero" from the crowd (a sentiment of one of the male polar bears) scored to secure the first A division grand final spot.
Thunderbirds 4th Grand Final in as many seasons.
Sawawawas now had to back up against in form, on fire Sky Devils in the preliminary final to finalise the gand final positions.
Thunderbirds vs Sky Devils/Sawawawas??
Sawawawas vs Sky Devils (A Preliminary Final)
Sky Devils looked gone sitting on the bottom of the ladder with only 5 games to play in the season.
Now after winning their last five and eliminating Slytherin they were one game away from their 4th grand final appearence in succession.
In their way young guns Sawawawas lead by Pete Yabsley and Sam Boer.
Rock solid defence vs exciting attackers set the game up to be a classic.
Controlling possession Sky Devils eeked out the first goal after five minutes, dumping the ball into the goal mouth and Shannon Jorda combined with John Skiadas to score.
Half time score 1 nil Sky Devils.
Early in the second half Shannon Jorda grabbed the ball and floated accross the goal face before slamming his and Sky Devils second goal home.
Sawawawas heads dropped and Sky Devils increased their defensive efforts.
However as the game looked to meander to a 2-0 win for Sky Devils, Pete Yabsley took a long shot and drove it past the keeper making it 2-1 with 2 minutes to go.
The goal lifted the Sawawawas and they pressed hard but the experienced Sky Devils controlled possession for the last two minutes and held out.
Final score 2-1 Sky Devils.
So for the 4th time in as many seasons it is a Sky Devils vs ThunderBirds grand final.
09-DEC-2002
Division B - Week 19
Guinness vs Western Scorpions (B Elimination Final)
Western Scorpions were coming into this game with some great form.
A 9-2 thumping of Golden Falcons and a 3-1 win vs Phoenix to finish the season had the pre season favourites and third placed Guinness concerned.
And Guinness got what they expected, a very tough game with Western Scorpion's small brigade running rampant.
Nil all at half time set up a great finish to a very fast game.
The second half continued to be fast and the Western Scorpions were unlucky not to take the lead with five minutes to go when Tim Edwards broke from half way, beat the keeper only to hit the post.
Just when overtime looked likely a centred ball by Jo Mitchell was trapped and launched into the top corner by Ryan Findlayson with only one minute forty-five on the clock.
Guinness were able to hold on and eliminate Western Scorpions from the finals.
Watch out for the Scorpions next year.
Final Score 1-0 Guinness.
Polar Bears vs Phoenix (B Qualifying Final)
The first placed Polar Bears scored first through Mark Kim and through good control and possession seemed like they were going to take the game.
However Phoenix sat back and absorbed the pressure and waited for their chances.
Two defensive lapses saw Stephen Clarke and Ben Robson score on break aways to take the game 2-1.
Phoenix straight into next weeks grand final in their debut season, a great effort as the team came from C grade last season after winning it in sudden death overtime vs 69ers.
Polar Bears now had to play Guinness in the preliminary final.
Polar Bears vs Guinness (B Preliminary Final)
0 - 0 at 1/2 time
0 - 0 at full time
0 - 0 after 5 minutes OT period
1 - 0 Polar Bears 4 minutes into Sudden Death OT
Polar Bears into the grand final after Kerry Baxter drove home the winner deep into the sudden death period.
The longest recorded game in Penrith Broomball History.
Sets up a B grade final between the two most consistent teams of B division, Phoenix vs Polar Bears.
Is both teams debut grand final appearences in B grade.
Phoenix may hold the slight edge winning their last two encounters, however Polar Bears do have the record for Phoenix's greatest defeat a 4-0 thrashing earlier this season.
05-NOV-2002
Division C - Week 19
Can Openers Vs. Icebergs ( C Qualifying Final 1 Vs. 2)
This was a game of two conlicting styles, both used very effectively.
Can Openers with their very deffensive setup, agains full court team play of the Icebergs.
Icebergs had periods where they were just passing the ball in the perimeter of attack, looking for a hole to penetrate, but it never came.
Can Openers three man attack counter attacking at every opportunity, but the great scrambling defense of Icebergs restricting them from a close range, or clear shot. Unfortunately the winning goal did come from an Icebergs error.
A fumble in defense gave the opportunity to a fast paced Aaron Calfas, who still had to beat a charging keeper to put away the only goal of a very high quality match (10:43 to go in the 2nd half).
1-0 Can Openers.
Can Openers now have qualified for the C grade final.
Monkey Magic Vs. Allsorts ( C Elimination Final 3 Vs. 4)
Allsorts just scraping through to the elimination final were going to have to play at their peak against the Monkey Magic side who had third place cemented a fairway out from finals time. An early goal to James Kristof saw Monkeys take the lead (18:33 to go in the 1st half).
This was followed by continuous pressure by Monkeys, which resulted in James Kristof slamming the ball in to the goal post, the ball rebounded straight back to him, and on the second attempt, found the back of the net (9:40 to go in the 1st half).
2-0 Monkey Magic at half time.
Allsorts realising the desperation needed to stay in the competiton, tightened their performance in the second half.
Monkeys, playing the smart game, realised that if they don't get scored against the can't lose, made sure of their defense.
This resulted in a stalemate for most the second half.
Allsorts eventually getting some late chances, but Mark Kim on two occasions had a half net opening but decided to hit the ball straight to the goalie.
Final score 2-0 Monkey Magic.
Monkey Magic now play Icebergs for the remaining C-grade final spot.
Meanwhile Allsorts have been eliminated from the C grade finals.
Slush Puppies Vs. Flaming Tomatos ( D Elimination Final 7 Vs. 8)
Slush Puppies with only four players, and Flaming Tomatos desperate to get their first competition win, decided to make a game of it.
It turned out to be a very even first half, both teams creating opportunities, but neither able to convert.
In the second half, it seemed Flaming Tomatos realised that with a two player advantage over the seventh placed team, that a victory was either now or never.
Soon enough this energy was turned in to a goal, Tim Boyce finishing off a move originated by Nikki Pearce going via Andrew Chapman (18:39 remaining in the 2nd).
A loud chear went up!!!!
Shortly after, Flaming Tomatos struck again, Andrew Chapman assisted by Tim Boyce (15:30 remaining in the 2nd).
From then on it was a case of trying to share the wealth. This eventually was succesful.
Luke Roffey scoring with some nice decoy work by Nikki Pearce (4:42 remaining in the 2nd).
Jason Solomon then got in on the action being assisted by Darren Pearce (1:15 remaining in the 2nd).
This produced a final score of 4-0 Flaming Tomatos.
Flaming Tomatos now go on to play Steelers who forfeited against 69ers in the D grade qualifying final.
The winner goes on to play 69ers in the D grade final.
02-DEC-2002
The last 50 Game Member for the A Division Season: Angela Nasr
Angela Nasr celebrated her 50th game in style setting up Saxon Hooper to score his 100th A division point and helping secure the minor premiership for her team ThunderBirds.
Angela becomes the 13th member of the A division 50 game club.
She has won 1 premiership with ThunderBirds and is looking for a second this season.
Angela represented NSW at the 2001 nationals here in Sydney.
02-DEC-2002
Division A - Week 18
Thunderbirds Vs. Wild Buffaloes
Wild Buffaloes needed the win and then hope Slytherin could knock off Sky Devils in the next game to make the finals.
Thunderbirds on the other hand needed just a single point from the game to ensure them the minor premiership.
The game started at a frantic pace with both teams running flat out up and down the ice.
Didnt take long for the first goal with Angela Nasr breaking over halfway and laying it off perfectly for Saxon Hooper to score his 100th A grade point and Thunderbirds first goal.
The game then settled into a rhythm (a very fast one) as neither team could crack the other, ThunderBirds going to the break 1-0 up with one hand on the minor premiership.
Wild Buffaloes came out hard in the second and came close to equalising on a number of occasions.
At the other end some good defence by Gemma Fornal and Christene Deng of Wild Buffaloes turned some dangerous attacks back and kept the Buffaloes in the game.
Unfortunately for Buffaloes a Saxon Hooper break away and shot got past the keeper and made it 2-0 with seven to play.
Not giving up the Wild Buffaloes threw everything at ThunderBirds but they weathered the storm taking the minor premiership and relegating Buffaloes to 5th.
Final Score 2-0 Thunderbirds.
Thunderbirds now take on Sawawawas in the Qualifying Final next week.
Sky Devils Vs. Slytherin
With Wild Buffaloes out, the pressure for this game went out the window..
However it turned out to be a match of significance as these two teams are going to sqaure off again next week in the A division Elimination Final.
Steve Timmins for Slytherin started the scoreing driving a long shot past the keeper.
Sky Devils wasted no time hitting back with Tracy Ivin driving the ball into the goal mouth for Con Sourlangos to centre the ball for Shannon Jorda to one time it into the back of the net.
Sky Devils werent finished this half with Tracy Ivin again laying it off to Con Sourlangos who completed a couple of one twos with Andrew Nicholson before flipping one between the keepers legs for a 2-1 halftime lead.
Into the second half, Sky Devils third and final goal came more from good luck than any real skill.
As the ball looked to be cleared from Slytherins defensive half Tracy Ivin trapped and poked it to John Skiadas who slid it accross to Con Sourlangos who looked to dump it into the goal mouth with a looping slap shot.
There were no Sky Devils at the post and the keeper had it covered until Ryan Findlayson through up his stick and from above shoulder height neatly deflected it past the keeper.
Final score 3-1 Sky Devils giving them third spot.
So in a replay Sky Devils take on Slytherin in the A division Elimination final.
02-DEC-2002
Division B - Week 18
Polar Bears Vs. Golden Falcons
Nothing much riding on this game except for the mens B division points award.
Polar Bear's Mark Kim on 16 points and Sean Mitchell on 15.
Adding spice to the game most the Polar Bears are off to Adeliade to watch a 10 minute solar eclipse so they bought up C graders Danny Santamaria and Brendon Nigro.
Polar Bear new comers did well and Polar Bears controlled the game to win 3-1 with Mark Kim doing enough to win the B division points award.
Goals to Tracy Ivin, Mark Kim and Danny Santamaria on his B grade debut.
Polar Bears take the minor premiership and play Phoenix in the B division Qualifying final next week.
Guinness Vs. Ice Fury
Not much to play for, for either team in this game with Guinness firmly entrenched in third and Ice Fury unable to top 4th placed Western Scorpions.
That didnt seem to mean much to either side as they battled hard anyway.
Guinness scored first through David Daffy from Dane Hansen.
Ice Fury hit back with Craig Loughlin-Smith from a John Skiadas pass.
Ice Fury were unlucky not to pinch a win in the last few seconds as the ball bobbled around the Guinness goal crease.
Final score 1-1.
Guinness will now take on Western Scorpions in next weeks B division Qualifying final.
Western Scorpions Vs. Phoenix
Coming off a 9-2 thrashing of Golden Falcons, the Western Scorpions are hitting form at the right time of the year.
Phoenix minus solid defenders Cliff and Mandy Pace struggled to contain the fast and fleeting Scorpion attack.
In the end Western Scorpions got up 3-1 sending warnings to the top three teams in the process.
Goals for Scorpions went to Steve Larter, Alex Blair and Brett Mitchell.
The lone goal scorer for Phoenix was Stephen Clarke.
28-NOV-2002
Division C - Week 18
Slush Puppies Vs. Steelers
Steelers with a player short yet again, once again showed they don't need a full team to be a dominant force.
In the first half Justin Bullen claimed a hat trick for the Steelers, while the only reply from the Slush Puppies came from a break away Dirk Wheelan goal.
In the second half, Kieran Knowles decided he wanted in on the action, joining the "hat trick in a half" club.
This combined with some stylish epileptic goal keeping by Todd Bullen saw the final score at 6-1 Steelers.
Allsorts Vs. Icebergs
Allsorts realising how important it was for them not to loose against the second place Icebergs, concentrated their efforts on some solid defense.
This proved to be effective in frustrating the Icebergs attack.
But even this wasn't good enough to keep out the Icebergs.
A keeping error by Mark Kim left Craig Loughlin-Smith only needing to push the ball towards the open goals, but decided to take a wind up and miss hit on the follow through, giving the Allsorts defense a chance to play at the ball, and fumble it into the still open goals.
1-0 Icebergs with only a couple of minutes remaining.
Allsorts then went into attack mode, but it seemed they couldn't break through until Mark Kim made a pass from behind the goals to the front of the goal crease where Danny Santamaria somehow deflected the ball off his legs, onto his stick and into the goal with 5 seconds to spare.
Final score 1-1 and with Steelers failing to provide players for duty, Allsorts sneak into the finals on countback after finishing equal on 18 points with Steelers.
Flaming Tomatos Vs. Can Openers
The last time these two teams met, a white wash to the Can Openers was predicted, but 1-0 was the result.
Yet again the top of the table Can Openers were odds on to take the match comfortably against the last placed Flaming Tomatos.
Can Openers claimed the lead halfway through the first half with a fumbling lead up to an Aaron Calfas goal.
Good scrambling defense by the Flaming Tomatos saw Can Openers held out for the remainder of the match.
But the best defensive team Can Openers were not about to let in the bottom attacking team Flaming Tomatos.
Final score 1-0 Can Openers.
Can Openers conceded just 6 goals in their 14 matches.
Monkey Magic Vs. 69ers
69ers unable to make the finals, and Monkey Magic guaranteed to finish in third spot, gave the right mixture for a good spirited and entertaining match.
69ers, only with five players, took the lead in the first half with Steve Larter scoring off a Jay Schmidt assist.
Realising they shouldn't be behind, Monkey Magic came out in the second half firing.
Eventually breaking through with a goal to Bryan Macklin assisted by Sara Kristof.
They then went back into coast mode. Soon enough 69ers struck again, Tim Edwards hammering one home.
Monkeys did create a chance at the death of the game, Tim Roffey putting a floating ball in the back of the net, only to be called for high sticking.
Final Score 2-1 69ers.
27-NOV-2002
Jo Mitchell the first player to play in 50 B Division Games
Finally a player has made it to 50 games in B division.
Jo has played in all four B division tournaments for Guinness.
She is 18th (out of 121 all time players) in the all time B division points list with 15 points and 4th out of the female players.
Jo has also represented NSW in the 2001 and 2002 Australian National Championships.
She has now also played 24 games in A division for Slytherin.
25-NOV-2002
Division A - Week 17
Thunderbirds Vs. Sky Devils
With Sky Devils still walking the finals tight rope a win vs top placed Thunderbirds was a must.
0-0 all at half time ensuring an exciting finish.
Kerry Baxter with the first goal for Sky Devils giving the edge in the must win game.
It was Saxon Hooper who fired a goal past defenders and keeper to even it up with only minutes to go.
1-1 full time and into a crucial overtime.
Mainly end to end stuff until Con Sourlangos threaded one from out wide with only seconds remaining.
The bonus point going the way of Sky Devils.
Mighty Ducks Vs. Sawawawas
Sawawawas need the win to ensure their finals position.
Mighty Ducks playing for some pride came out hard and really took it to Sawawawas.
A Peter Yabsley goal the only difference between the teams.
1-0 Sawawawas.
Sawawawas have now ensured a finals spot and can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd depending on results of the final two games.
Slytherin Vs. Wild Buffaloes
With both teams equal on points it was a crucial must win game for both teams.
Craig Horsley was first to score for Slytherin being johnny on the spot in front of the net to take the lead.
Wild Buffaloes were never out of it with attacking raid after attacking raid but just couldnt find the net.
Stephen Timmins finished off the Buffaloes with another goal (should have been scored by Sara Kristof .. but she just missed the open net.. Stephen scored off the ensuring goal mouth scramble).
Buffaloes now slip to 5th place 2 points behind both Slytherin and Sky Devils and need to beat Thunderbirds next week to have any hope of making the finals.
Is going to be a very tight finish to the A grade season.
25-NOV-2002
Division B - Week 17
Polar Bears Vs. Phoenix
A strange game between the top of the table B teams.
Phoenix seemed content to camp in their defensive end and repeatedly hit the ball back to the Polar Bears.
Polar Bears moved the ball round well but couldnt crack the defense.
Phoenix's Ben Robson grabbed an intercept at half way and slotted home a nice goal to give his team the win and top spot on the table.
These teams will square off again in two weeks for the first qualifying final.. should be another good game.
Western Scorpions Vs. Golden Falcons
This game was quite unbelievable to watch.
I think the drug test results need to be checked before I can give the official result
Simply outstanding team play by the Western Scorpions who scored 9 goals to 2 as the demolished the Golden Falcons chances of making the finals.
Western Scorpions Tim Edwards finished with 6 goals, Jay Schmidt 2 and Alex Blair 1.
There was also a heap of assists to back this up, an awesome display of team work.
For Golden Falcons it was Tim Brown and Sean Mitchell who scored the goals.
21-NOV-2002
Division C - Week 17
69ers Vs. Steelers
For the first time in a long time, steelers had a full team present.
Every time the've had a full team this season, I believe they've gone on to victory.
This time it was a comfortable victory of 6-1.
Justin Bullen completing the tripple double (2 goals, 2 assists, 2 (4 minutes) penalties).
69ers did create a few almost certain goals, but lack of early decision making proved to be the down fall.
With one game remaining 69ers can't make the C-Grade finals, but Steelers will have to win their last game to give them a chance to steal fourth spot.
Monkey Magic Vs. Slush Puppies
A very tight game with no score in the first half.
Monkey Magic eventually breaking the deadlock through Rowan Braham off of a Daniel Wong assist.
Slush Puppies quickly replied through a goal to Patrina Wormleaton.
This was followed up by some more tight tussling between the two teams until again Monkey Magic broke the deadlock, this time the goal to Bryan Macklin, and assist to Rowan Braham. Monkeys then went deep in defense to protect their lead, and Slush Puppies went to all out attack.
A bit of skill combined with luck held them out.
Final Score 2-1 Monkey Magic. Monkeys will finish in third place, and Slush Puppies need to win their last game to give them a chance to slush into fourth spot.
Allsorts Vs. Can Openers
Always going to be a good game, with Can Openers looking to hold on to first spot and Allsorts trying to make the final four.
Neither team dominated, and the Can Openers two always back tactic as always was difficult to get through.
Can Openers did break the deadlock halfway through the first half Andrew Leahy finding himself open in front of goals after some casual defence by Mark Kim.
Allsorts left with the task of scoring against the best defensive team to get back in the game, but they couldn't quite manage it.
Final score 1-0 Can Openers.
Can Openers take on the bottom of the table Flaming Tomatos to secure first place.
Meanwhile, Allsorts may have to rely on other results to "sort" of claim fourth spot, taking on the second place Icebergs in their final match.
18-NOV-2002
Division A - Week 16
Thunderbirds Vs. Sawawawas
Sawawawas got out to a flyer, winning the face off then moving the ball nicely to score a goal to Peter Yabsley from Sam Boer in the opening minute.
Thunderbirds never really got into this game with Sawawawas controlling possession and field position.
Peter Yabsley scored the next goal from the penalty spot as he was brought down from behind by Troy Carroll.
2 - 0 to Sawawawas in the end giving them a 3 win sweep of the series vs Thunderbirds (1st two games were won in OT).
Sky Devils Vs. Mighty Ducks
A must win game for both teams played in good spirits.
First half was very even and the score was locked at 0-0.
In the second half it became a bit more end to end.
Harry Sotiropoulos fired off a couple heat seeking missiles at keeper Peter Yabsley.
Both of them curled, jumped, slided, floated, dipped and were ell and truly on target only to be saved on the line by Pete's size 13 boot (which was attahed to his diving leg).
However it was Sky Devils that got all the goals though devious deflections in front of the net.
John Skiadas, Kerry Baxter and then Con Sourlangos (who also had 2 assists) scored in the 3-0 win for Sky Devils.
The win puts them in the top 4 for the first time this season.
18-NOV-2002
Division B - Week 16
Guinness Vs. Western Scorpions
A very even game with no score in the end.
Any sort of draw would have been a fair result as both teams created and deflected many chances.
The series is tied at 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw.
Phoenix Vs. Golden Falcons
Golden Falcons started the scoreing Sean Mitchell somehow slotting one from the side to give them a 1 nil lead.
Matt Robson then evened it up as both teams played hard to secure their finals positions.
In the end it was a Stephen Clarke goal that decided the match and got the win for Phoenix.
The result handing Phoenix 3 wins by a single goal over Golden Falcons.
Polar Bears Vs. Ice Fury
With Scorpions drawing and Falcons losing it was a good chance for Ice Fury to grab a win over the exam stressed Polar Bears and put themselves into a finals position.
However it was not to be as Mark Kim discovered he can pass and set up two goals.
One each for Eric Fry and Tracy Ivin. Kerry Baxter picked up the other goal for Polar Bears.
John Skiadas was the loan scorer for the Fury !
14-NOV-2002
Division C - Week 16
Flaming Tomatos Vs. Slush Puppies
Flaming Tomatos, dare I say it, dominated the first half.
Having more possesion, more chances, and more desperation.
They were unlucky on severall occasions not to take the lead.
In the second half, Slush Puppies came out firing getting two quick goals (James Ward and Mitchell Tuza).
Then it went back to the Flaming Tomatos dominating possesion and field position.
Despite about ten excellent chances in the half, they couldn't put a goal on the board.
2-0 Slush Puppies.
Monkey Magic Vs. Can Openers
Monkey Magic with an outside chance of finishing second in front of Can Openers after the rounds, meant this was a fairly important match.
Both teams controlled in their own way in periods through the match.
It was Can Openers who came through the better.
Monkey Magic couldn't find a way through the constant two well back in defense technique by the Can Openers.
Meanwhile, Can Openers were able to beat Monkeys on three occassions.
3-0 Can Openers.
Can Openers have now secured a top 2 finish.
69ers Vs. Allsorts
A new tactic employed by Brendan Nigro for the Allsorts called "Steal the ball from your own team mates" didn't seem to do the trick against 69ers.
With the likes of Tim Edwards, and Mark Kim on the ice, it was always going to be a fast game, and a bench full of subs should have given the Allsorts the edge.
69ers eventually slotted away 2 goals (Bryan Macklin and Steve Larter) to take the game 2-0.
16-OCT-2002
Coffs Harbour has been RUN and WON !!
The fourth annual Big Banana Broomball Bash held at Coffs Harbour saw the return of a South East Queensland team for the first time in three years.
In total 2 Sydney, 1 SEQ, 1 Canberra and 1 Coffs Harbour team played all night having a heap of fun.
Sydney 1 took the title for the fourth year in a row defeating the SEQ team in the final by 2-0 at about 5am on the Sunday morning.
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14-OCT-2002
Congrats Harry and Helen Sotiropoulos on Baby Jenna
Mighty Duck Harry Sotiropoulos (kid will be 14 before she can spell her name) and wife Helen are celebrating their daughters birth.
Jenna was born on the 14th.. a broomball day.. ominous sign as most the family already play or used to play broomball.
Congrats guys..
14-OCT-2002
Toughman Cancelled !!
Not Cancelled just postponed..
The toughman event was scheduled to be run on the 26/27th of October 11pm -> 7am Sunday morning.
However this is the daylight saving change over and we would have lost an hour of the tournament when the clocks ticks forward from 2-3am.
So therefore we will have to move it into November.. likely dates 16/17th so keep it free.
11-NOV-2002
Big Kosta Sourlas Plays His 50th A Grade Game
Another Mighty Duck joins the 50 game club for A division.
Although his team didnt win (should have) Kosta celebrated with a fine goal and a strong game.
Kosta was heading the all time penalty minutes list until over taken by Terry Giovas and has scored 29 points with 20 goals and 9 assists and is in the top ten points scorers all time for A division.
He was also part of the Yellow team which won the inaugral broomball competition at Blackton in 1998 and has also won a premiership at Penrith with ThunderBirds.
11-NOV-2002
Division A - Week 15
Slytherin Vs. Sawawawas
On wetish ice 2nd vs 3rd and it turned out to be a finals like match.
Slytherin began better controlling possession and probing for gaps in the Sawawawas defence.
Eventually finding one Steve Timmins buried the shot but the goal was disallowed as Brett Mitchell was in the goal keepers crease and Beth Hines had unintentionally passed the ball with her hand.
Despite the early pressure Sawawawas settled and started top mount much of their own pressure in the second half.
Peter yabsley scoreing the winner and only goal of the match from a Ben Eagleston pass.
1 nil Sawawawas.
However Slytherin hold a 2 wins to 1 over Sawawawas should they end up equal on points (which they currently are).
Sky Devils Vs. Wild Buffaloes
Must win game for Sky Devils who have shown a good reversal of form of late and pushing hard for 4th spot.
Sky Devils opened the scoreing but that is never enough against the very persistant Wild Buffaloes who came back to score the next two goals and lead 2-1 with only 4 minutes to go.
Some patient lead up work saw the ball at George Piniros's feet and he fired home the equaliser sending this game into overtime.
Wild Buffaloes in attack turned the ball over to John Skiadas who marched the ball up from defence and slotted home the golden goal for Sky Devils.
Goals to Tim Brown and Scott Murray for Wild Buffaloes with Shannon Jorda scoreing the other goal for Sky Devils.
Sky Devils and Wild Buffaloes are all squared away with 1 win, 1 loss and a draw between them and on equal for and against records.
If they are equal on points at the end of the season then we will have to see how they fared against the top team to split them.
ThunderBirds Vs. Mighty Ducks
Might Ducks down one Harry Sotiropoulos and ThunderBirds down Troy Carroll (who decided the movie premier of The Ring wasd more important.. something about that title that must appeal to him) and James Ray meant this game could have gone either way.
In the end it probably went the wrong way as Mighty Ducks had countless more chances to score.
ThunderBirds took an early lead before big (and hairy) Kosta Sourlas created a new move where he kicked the ball past the keeper and then collected the rebound off the goal post before slotting the ball in off the stick.
Both teams then squandered some good chances but were denied.. usally by good keeping.
ThunderBirds scored the winner with 5 minutes to go but were lucky to hold on as Mighty Ducks hammered the goals but couldnt convert.
Arthur Papageorgiov unlucky not score with a shot in the last 10 seconds.
The win gives ThunderBirds a 2 wins 1 loss series record vs Mighty Ducks.
11-NOV-2002
Division B - Week 15
Polar Bears Vs. Guinness
1st vs 3rd with Guinness needing a win to keep in touch with Polar Bears and Phoenix and also to keep at bay the fast finishing Falcons, Scorpions and Fury !!
A very even game with two telling strikes from new Guinness recruit James Kristoff the difference between the two teams.
2 nil to Guinness.
The win leaves both teams equal on 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss however Guinness have a positive goal difference and would go ahead in the event of tied competition points.
Golden Falcons Vs. Ice Fury
A must win game for both teams if they are to make the finals.
Shannon Jorda scored first for the Fury with a fine break away goal.
However Golden Falcons hit back soon after with a goal to Sean Mitchell (who closes in on Mark Kim as B points leader)
Then late in the game Angela Nasr scored the winner with her first B grade goal using her new Shooter stick (you can buy these from me.. only $225).
Golden Falcons mounted many a raid but couldnt equalise.
The win moves Ice Fury from last to 4th and in with a real chance of playing finals broomball.
However the series is squared off at 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw with Golden Falcons having the edge on goal difference thanx to a 5-0 win over the Fury in round 3.
07-NOV-2002
Division C - Week 15
Icebergs Vs. 69ers
69ers, again with a girl short (not entirely there own fault), were always going to struggle against the top of the table Icebergs. '
However they never looked out of it, creating many many attacking chances, good keeping and defence holding them out.
Icebergs, with superior team work, and player advantage had to score, and did so 4 times the highlight being a goal seeking missile from about halfway launched by Belinda McDavitt, the ball seemed to think on its own as it swereved around both defence, attack and finally the keeper.
4-0 Icebergs.
Can Openers Vs. Steelers
Steelers with only four players on this occassion, made it easy for the can openers to camp two people back in defence, and still have enough numbers to cause trouble upfront.
To add to the Steelers disadvantage, Todd Bullen was continually having trouble keeping his pants on?????
Steelers were down to three men on two occassions, but Can Openers failed to score in both of these situations.
They did however mange to score five goals, Rob Courtney featuring in most of them. 5-0 Can Openers.
Monkey Magic Vs. Flaming Tomatos
Monkey Magic seemed to take the win for granted in the first ten minutes, and were almost punished on several occasions.
Eventually they did get there act together scoring three in the remainder of the first half, and another three in the second, slowing down towards the end of the match.
Bryan Macklin completing the tripple double (2 goals, 2 assists, 2 penalties).
6-0 Monkey Magic.
04-NOV-2002
Division A - Week 14
Slytherin Vs. Mighty Ducks
For the third time this season Mighty Ducks took the lead over Slytherin when a Steve Timmins error in defence was punished by Arthur Papageorgiov.
The game then evened out as both teams tried to dominate using slightly questionable tactics and niggle began to creep in however to no result on the scoreboard.
1 nil at half time to Mighty Ducks.
The second half was again even and again niggly however it was Ryan Findlaydson with his brand new STX Gold Crown who got the break away and with a neat hand to stick move (commonly referred to as the Saxon.. and somehow in C grade as the Mark !!) scored the equaliser for Slytherin.
Neither team managed the winner which meant this nasty little game was going into OT.
OT started with Mighty Ducks pressing however a turnover and an outlet pass saw Steve Timmins bury the winner for Slytherin.
Slytherin swept Mighty Ducks winning all three encounters this season.
Sawawawas Vs. Wild Buffaloes
A good game with end to end action.
Sawawawas and Wild Buffaloes always looking likely to score with attacking raid after attacking raid.
However both teams defence held out with the 1 all deadlock being broken by Tim Brown with only two minutes left on the clock.
Sawawawas had some late chances but Wild Buffaloes stopped them all and gained a much needed settling win.
Wild Buffaloes take a 2 wins to 1 lead over Sawawawas should they finish equal on competition points.
04-NOV-2002
Division B - Week 14
Phoenix Vs. Ice Fury
Another must win game for Ice Fury up against second place Phoenix.
Ice Fury started the better camping their offence in the Phoenix half however they couldnt convert and Phoenix hit back with a goal.
From there Phoenix never lost the lead and ended up winning 3-1. Two goals to Matt Robson and one to Andrew Chapman.
Stephen Clarke had a strong game up forward unlucky not to have a couple of goals.
Craig Loughlin-Smith was the scorer for Ice Fury.
Phoenix take the series with 2 wins and a draw vs Ice Fury.
Polar Bears Vs. Western Scorpions
Western Scorpions in their black and yellow strip took on the in form Polar Bears in a tight finals like game.
Both teams worked possession well and set up some good chances but it was Polar Bears who converted their chances taking the game 2 nil.
Goals to Mark Kim and and Andrew Leahy.. both set up with excellent lead up work.
Polar Bears clean sweep 3 wins over Western Scorpions.
Guinness Vs. Golden Falcons
Must win game for both teams and played that way.
In the end nothing separated the teams as they drew 2-2.
Goals for Guinness by Ryan Findlayson and Craig Horsley.
For Golden Falcons it was Sean Mitchell and Mark Slater.
Both teams are on 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw..
but in the event of tied points Guinnes will progress as they have a goal difference of positive 1 vs Golden Falcons.
31-OCT-2002
Division C - Week 14
Icebergs Vs. Slush Puppies
Entering the business end of the season, Icebergs need to keep winning to stay infront of the Can Openers.
In this game they showed their capabilities as an entire team unit.
They controlled most of the match, Slush Puppies only chances came from break aways, and even they were shut down fairly quickly.
Icebergs went on to win 4-0, it could have been more if it wasn't for some classy keeping by Steve Neill and some defensive tenacity from Nadia Lunam and Cassey Morely for the Slush Puppies.
To go with 4 goals that were scored, there was 7 assists!!!!
Well done Icebergs.
Monkey Magic Vs. Steelers
Steelers yet again showed the fight that have in them, regardless who fills in for them.
Monkeys got off to a good start, getting the opener through the Kristof's, James scoring and Sara assisting early in the first half.
It didn't take Steelers long to strike back, Justin Bullen passing to a centered Craig Loughlin-Smith (the fill in), who powered a goal home.
For the remainder of the half, great mark up defence from both teams stopped the score changing.
Almost from the face off to start the second half, James Kristof found himself with a clear shot at the keeper, and after regain two rebounds off his own shots, eventually put it home to give Monkeys the lead for the second time.
For the remainder of the match, the Steelers stepped up a gear and kept Monkeys under siege.
But good defence, keeping and a little luck, kept the ball out of their net.
Final Score 2-1 Monkey Magic.
Allsorts Vs. Flaming Tomatos
"Mark! Get back in goals!!" seemed to be the war cry for this match.
Allsorts often using their speed to create chances, and shut down Flaming Tomatos chances.
The final score was 5-0 Allsorts, but could have been more...
Brendan Nigro missing the open goals from point blank range.
A positive note for the Flaming Tomatos was Nikki Pearce's new found ball control, beating severall people throughout the match, including beating Mark Kim!!
28-OCT-2002
Division A - Week 13
Wild Buffaloes Vs. Mighty Ducks
John Magnisalis opened the scoreing for Mighty Ducks with a well worked move originating with Kosta Sourlas at half way.
The game then ebbed and flowed as both teams used their pace to counter attack creating chances left, right and centre.
Wild Buffaloes were next to score through Matt Robson from a Tim Brown pass tieing it up at 1-1 which was the half time score.
Much of the same in the second half with each team creating and being foiled by the defence until a pass from Gemma Fornal to Tim Brown set up the winner for the Buffaloes.
Final score 2-1.
The win gives Wild Buffaloes a 2 win 1 loss record vs Mighty Ducks meaning in the event of a tie in points with Mighty Ducks and Wild Buffaloes at the end of the season Wild Buffaloes will move ahead.
Slytherin Vs. ThunderBirds
Thunderbirds needed to win to maintain top spot.. Slytherin to regain it.. set up to be a classic stuggle.
Slytherin started well maintaining possession and field position however it was Thunderbirds to score first through a goal mouth scramble with Saxon Hooper knocking it in.
Again Slytherin composed themselves and controlled midfield possession but again it was Thunderbirds next to score with a nice three pass move for Aaron Wigg to bury it from the post spot.
In an almost identical move James Ray scored from the post position to make it 3-0 at half time for Thunderbirds.
A long way back for Slytherin but in true Slytherin fashion they came out hard for the second half.
Thunderbirds were able to hold on and scored a late goal to make it 4-0.
The win gives Thunderbirds a 2 win 1 loss record vs Slytherin.
Sky Devils Vs. Sawawawas
An awesome game with both teams showing patient offence and solid defence.
A tight first half saw no scorers and set up the game for a close finish.
Just when it looked like it was going to be a nil all draw a Kerry Baxter shot was defelected unluckily by the Sawawawas defence past the keeper giving Sky Devils a much needed win.
The win gives Sky Devils a 2 loss 1 win record vs Sawawawas meanining Sawawawas will progress in the event of a tie.
28-OCT-2002
Terry Giovas the Latest to Play 50 A Division Games
Another member to the illustrious 50 game club for A division.
Terry started way back in the dark old days of Blacktown and has barely missed a game.
He is the 11th member and currently plays for Mighty Ducks.
Terry has 17 goals and 7 assists and leads the all time penalty minute count for A division with 23 minutes.
28-OCT-2002
Division B - Week 13
Ice Fury Vs. Western Scorpions
Fourth vs Last in a crucial game for both teams.
A win for Scorpions securing 4th spot.
A must win game for Ice Fury if they were to scramble off the bottom and into the top four.
Western Scorpions started the stronger with shot after shot repelled by keeper George Piniros.
However the lack of conversion came back to bite the Scorpions and Ice Fury piled on three goals, two to Shannon Jorda and one to John Skiadas.
The Scorpions hit back late with a goal to Tim Edwards but as time ran out John Skiadas completed his double and the 4-1 win for Ice Fury.
The win gives Ice Fury a 2 win 1 loss record vs Western Scorpions which will be crucial in the final wash up as the bottom 3 teams battle for fourth spot.
Guinness Vs. Phoenix
These teams are finals bound and very evenly matched.
Phoenix scored first with a break away goal to Andrew Chapman combining with Stephen Clarke.
This was the last score of the game with Phoenix getting home 1-0.
Teams started with a draw, Guiness won their second encounter 1-0 and now Phoenix win 1-0 leaving them all equal on 1 win 1 loss and a draw.
24-OCT-2002
Division C - Week 13
Icebergs Vs. Flaming Tomatos
The Flaming Tomatos started the match short handed with only 5 players and managed to go ahead in the fourth minute when a sliding tangle of players(something akin to a game of twister) bundled the ball into the net.
The goal awarded to Tim Boyce.
It was one nil at half time.
In the second half 3 goals to Icebergs sealed victory.
One each to Adrian White, Belinda McDavitt and Craig Loughlin-Smith.
69ers Vs. Can Openers
The second game of the night where a team started shorthanded, 69ers with only 5 on the ice.
Neil Armstrong siezed the oportunity for Can Openers and scored the only goal of the game.
Slush Puppies Vs. Allsorts
A solid performance by the Allsorts saw them victorious over the Slush Puppies.
Paul Jarrett opened the scoring with a shot from the blue line that managed to squirm under the keepers foot.
Mark Kim scoring another to ensure Slush Puppies couldn't steal a point.
21-OCT-2002
Division A - Week 12
Slytherin Vs. Sky Devils
The final week of round two.. only five games left for all teams and desparation time for Sky Devils.
On their side experience..
Five players of the ten 50 game club members (including newest member Con Sourlas) in their team, they controlled possession and left Slytherin scrambling on the wet ice.
However even with the lack of possession Slytherin defended well and held Sky Devils out.
Nil all at half time.
Sky Devils took the lead through a nice goal to John Skiadas and never let Slytherin in.
Final score 1 nil Sky Devils.
Of Slytherin's three losses two have been to Sky Devils.
The loss sees Slytherin slide into third spot below Sawawawas.
Wild Buffaloes Vs. ThunderBirds
To grab top spot Thunderbirds needed to beat Wild Buffaloes and have Sky Devils defeat Slytherin.
Half the equation was fulfilled and the scene was set.
ThunderBirds were first to score when Troy Carroll won a face off back to Saxon Hooper who scored.
Tim Brown then stepped it up a gear and seized a lose ball in attack and on the second attempt flicked it past the keeper.
One all at half time..
Both teams really gave it their all in the second half but it was Troy Carroll in rare (I mean really rare) goal scoreing form who scored the second and winning goal for Thunderbirds.
Final score 2-1 Thunderbirds giving ThunderBirds top spot for the first time this season.
Wild Buffaloes remain in 4th with Mighty Ducks and Sky Devils breathing down their neck.
21-OCT-2002
50 game club welcomes Con Sourlas
Con Soulas now a Sky Devil becomes the tenth A grade player to join the 50 game club.
Good stuff Con.. keep it up !!
21-OCT-2002
Division B - Week 12
Phoenix Vs. Western Scorpions
Also the final games of round two in B division and the competition is hot.
Phoenix in second playing fourth placed Western Scorpions both teams needing to win to secure their finals spot.
However neither team could convert their chances either from good keeping, good defence or wayward shooting.
Final score nil all.
Both teams retain their spot, second and fourth respectively.
Guinness Vs. Ice Fury
Guiness only two points clear of Western Scorpions in third also needed a win against bottom of the ladder Ice Fury.
Last time these teams met Ice Fury went down 7 goals to 1.
This time however they muscled up and while under siege for most of the game held the full force of Guinness out for 40 minutes and gained a nil all draw.
While not out of the finals race, Ice Fury will have to win the bulk of their final five games if they want to taste finals broomball.
Golden Falcons Vs. Polar Bears
Polar Bears out in front needed a win to secure top place.
Golden Falcons in fifth spot needed a win to put them in the top four.
A very fast paced game with Polar Bears controlling possession but then having to defend desparately as Golden Falcons won a turn over.
After awhile it looked like this game was headed for the third 0-0 draw of the night until Tracy Ivin finished off some good lead up work giving Polar Bear a 1-0 lead.
Early in the second half Polar Bears again struck taking their lead to two through Mark Kim.
This seemed to spark Golden Falcons and all the pressure was turned back onto the Bears as the Falcons pushed hard.
Eventually the pressure paid off as Larni Haycock drove a ball into the centre which was neatly redirected by Sean Mitchell making the score 2-1.
With only 4 seconds to go Golden Falcons nearly got the equaliser but the shot bounced off the keeper and rolled along the goal line before squirting out off the pole.
Final score 2-1 Polar Bears secureing first spot on 20 points three points clear of Phoeinx and five points clear of third place Guinness.
17-OCT-2002
Division C - Week 12
69ers Vs. Flaming Tomatos
69ers were a girl down for the whole match, but they were determined to stop Flaming Tomatos from getting their first win.
After early trades, 69ers took the lead through Jay Schmidt.
Flaming Tomatos with the one person advantage, did create some attacking chances, but Karen Callaghan once again showed her expertise in the goalkeeper position, making sure of the shut out.
69ers went on to score five more goals taking the final score to 6-0 69ers.
Icebergs Vs. Monkey Magic
What a game this was setup to be. Top of the table Icebergs against third placed and very much in form Monkey Magic.
The game lived up to expectations, producing a match worthy of a grand final.
Both teams fought hard for the ball, scrambled well in defence, and were eager to give support in attack.
Monkey Magic scored first with James Kristof putting home a cross from Bryan Macklin. But Icebergs were never out of it, and eventually returned the favour with Aaron Walsh slotting a Garry Mitchell cross.
An even amount of chances were created for the teams, but outstanding keeping by Garry Mitchell for Icebergs and Aaron Toomey for Monkey Magic, saw the score finish 1-1.
This is quite possibly the matchup that will appear in the grand final.
Steelers Vs. Allsorts
Steelers again short on numbers had a ring in, but she did them no favours by getting a 2 minute penalty early in the match.
Despite this, Steelers were first to score through an individual effort by Kieran Knowles.
Allsorts quickly responding, Mark Kim picking a small gap between keeper and post with a little flick shot.
The game was fairly fast paced, but neither team could finish off chances created.
Final score 1-1.
14-OCT-2002
Division A - Week 11
Slytherin Vs. Wild Buffaloes
Tim Brown started the scoreing for Wild Buffaloes in what turned out to be an action packed game.
Slytherin however fought back with a goal to Steve Timmins tieing it up.
Both teams then traded penalties and power plays before a few neat passes lead to Jo Mitchell roofing her first ever A division goal.
The goal was also enough to win the game for Slytherin who sit atop the A division table.
Sawawawas Vs. Mighty Ducks
This was a cracker of a game with both teams streaming back and forth down the ice.
Sawawawas got away to a 2-0 lead though Sam Boer and then Peter Yabsley.
However unlike Mighty Ducks of the past the Ducks tightened up and applied a heap of pressure.
John Magnisalis getiing one back.
Somehow Sawawawas kept the Ducks out and finished the game with a 2-1 win.
The win places Sawawawas in equal 1st on points and goal difference with Slytherin however Slytherin have a game in hand vs Sky Devils next week.
Sky Devils Vs. ThunderBirds
Both teams short players in the graveyard match of the night meant fatigue was going to play a part in this game.
Troy Carroll fluked a couple of early goals for Thunderbirds on the back of some suspect keeping.
Sky Devils recovered and began to dominate posession and worked their way back into the game scoreing the next two goals through Con Sourlangos and Con 'Traitor' Sourlas to tie it up.
Then with time running out Troy Carroll grabbed a blocked shot and ran the length of the ice and fired home the winner for Thunderbirds with 39 mintes and 59.5 seconds on the clock.
Final Score 3-2 Thunderbirds.
14-OCT-2002
Shannon Vost Reaches 50 A Division Games.
Shannon came to us as a 16 year old when we first started at Blacktown way back in about 1997 and has played every competition we have run.
Last night was her 50th A division game and hopefully she will have many more.
Shannon has also played in the 2000, 2001 and 2002 nationals where she has won twice with the NSW mixed 1 team.
Well done Shannon !
14-OCT-2002
Division B - Week 11
Golden Falcons Vs. Western Scorpions
A tough game as both teams are one of three teams fighting for 3rd and 4th spot on the B division table.
Goals to Garry Micthell and Steve Larter for Western Scorpions while Mark Slater scored both goals for the Falcons.
In the end Falcons did well to hang on has the faster Scorpions finished over the top of the tireing Falcons.
Final score 2-2.
Phoenix Vs. Polar Bears
Both teams squared off for this cracker game. 1st vs 2nd both on equal points.
The prize for the win was outright top spot on the B division table.
Polar Bears started on fire with Andrew Leahy smashing home the first two goals, followed closely by Mark Kim.
Ten minutes into the game Polar Bears up by 3-0.
Good thing for Phoenix was there was 30 minutes to go to claw back into the game.
Phoenix did settle and the game ebbed and flowed with both teams creating good chance through the mid field only to have the defence stop it.
As time went by Phoenix had to press harder and harder forward leaving themselves vulnerable at the back which Mark Kim took advantage of to increase the Polar Bears lead to 4.
Phoenix never managed to score and Polar Bears win 4-0 taking the outright B division lead over Phoenix and Guinness.
10-OCT-2002
Division C - Week 11
Icebergs Vs. Can Openers
In a top of the table clash, it looked like Can Openers belonged at the bottom.
Icebergs completely dominated possesion, and created many many opportunities.
Meanwhile, Can Openers just couldn't control the ball long enough to set up their attack.
Goals to Garry Mitchell, Tim Edwards, and Craig Loughhlin-Smith saw the score to 3-0 Icebergs handing Can Openers their first defeat of the season.
Icebergs now lead the comp, edging out Can Openers on goal difference.
Flaming Tomatos Vs. Steelers
After a good showing last match, Flaming Tomatos resorted back to their old "lack of defence" tactics, which was never going to work against the well organised Steelers side.
Flaming Tomatos did however create some great goal scoring opportunities, failing to convert on each occassion.
Final score was 4-0 Steelers, it could of been worse if it wasn't for some skillfull or lucky (couldn't tell which) goalkeeping.
69ers Vs. Slush Puppies
A five person 69ers side took the field in the first half.
It seemed to be a fairly even match up at this, Slush Puppies not heeding advice from Geoff Neill that could have made the difference.
Despite this they did manage to put away two scrappy goals to take it into half time at 2-0 Slush Puppies.
In the second half 69ers manage to recruit a goal keeper.
This gave the 69ers a chance for another attacking player, and this proved to be the difference.
69ers completely dominating the second half and scoring three goals, which was just enough to take the match 3-2 69ers.
07-OCT-2002
Division A - Week 10
Sky Devils Vs. Mighty Ducks
Both teams needed wins to steady their season and Sky Devils lept out the gates with an early goal to Kerry Baxter.
Sky Devils continued to exert a lot of pressure but couldnt convert anymore chances.
As the Sky Devils tired John Magnisalis used his pace and grabbed a hat trick in his 50th A grade game to secure the much needed win for Mighty Ducks.
3-1.
Sawawawas Vs. Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds scored first with a goal to Saxon Hooper and held out Sawawas until Peter Yabsley levelled the scores at 1-1 with four minutes to go.
This sent the game into OT where Sawawawas again through Peter Yabsley scored the golden goal with a minute to go.
Thunderbirds squandered some early chances in the pressure cooker that is sudden death overtime.
The loss breaks a four game winning streak by Thunderbirds and locks Sawawawas into third spot.
07-OCT-2002
John Magnisalis Plays His 50th A Division Game
Mighty Duck John Magnisalis played his 50th A division game in style collecting a Hat Trick and a win against Sky Devils.
John becomes the 8th player to join the 50 game club.
Stay tuned as more players become members of this elite club in the coming weeks.
07-OCT-2002
Division B - Week 10
Polar Bears Vs. Ice Fury
A brand new STX laser broom (which you can purchase from me) turned Brock Lesels from the ordinary player he is into a two goal scoreing machine.
Another goal by Tracy Ivin handed Polar Bears a convincing 3-1 win over Ice Fury.
Ice Fury tried hard but just couldnt convert their opportunities and paid the price.
The win has Polar Bears in second place only one duty point behind Phoenix but with a better goal difference.
Next weeks game should be a cracker with Phoenix vs Polar Bears deciding which team will ascend to the outright competition lead.
Phoenix Vs. Golden Falcons
A short handed Golden Falcons put up a determined performance and nearly held Phoenix to an improbable draw.
However the winner was put away with only a couple minutes to go.
John Batman scored for Golden Falcons while Stephen Clarke and Andrew Chapman were the goal scorers for Phoenix.
Final score 2-1 Phoenix.
Golden Falcons take on Western Scorpions next week in what may prove to be the showdown for the 4th and final finals spot.
Western Scorpions Vs. Guinness
Guinness were suffering jet lag with half their team backing up from the Coffs Harbour tournament and a couple of their girls missing in action.
Which meant the fast attacking Western Scorpions were going to make it tough for the tired Guinness team.
Brett Mitchell of Western Scorpions was the only scorer of the game and provided his team a much needed win.
A shock result which locked Guinnes into third and put Western Scorpions a game behind in 4th.
03-OCT-2002
Division C - Week 10
Slush Puppies Vs. Can Openers
A good flowing game that had many chances created, but great scrambling defence from both teams kept it tight.
The only goal to come out of this game was an Andrew Leahy shot that rebounded of the back wall, and Slush Puppies goal keeper Geoff Neill couldn't handle a ball going away from goals, so he quickly fumbled it in.
1-0 Can Openers
Allsorts Vs. Monkey Magic
Allsorts played well while they had the ball, but Monkey Magic had too much desperation in all parts of their game.
They ran on to every loose ball, and flooded back in defense when needed.
In the end this proved to be a big difference with the final score being 5-0 Monkey Magic.
Stars of the game were James Kristof 2G,2A ; Brian Macklin 2G, 1A ; Jo Mitchell 1G ; Tim Roffey 2A.
Also worth a mention Aaron Toomey in goals who made a few quality saves.
Icebergs Vs. Steelers
This game probably has left people with a lot of bruises.
Heavy shot after heavy shot getting blocked by defenders bodies.
In the end it was two high quality "wacks" that eventually got through, one to Tim Edwards, and the other to Aaron Walsh both for Icebergs.
A good defensive showing by Sharon Donnelly in only her second game for the Steelers.
2-0 Icebergs.
30-SEP-2002
Division A - Week 9
Thunderbirds Vs. Mighty Ducks
Undefeated in their last three games Thunderbirds were looking to extend their run to four.
Starting well with a goal to Troy Carroll and a second goal to Saxon Hooper from an Angela Nasr pass the score was 2-0.
Mighty Ducks hit back with a goal in the last minute of the first half to Terry Giovas making the half time score 2-1.
The second half was full on pressure by Migty Ducks and they were unlucky on several occasions.
Neither team managaged a goal in the second half and Thunderbirds escaped with their fourth win 2-1.
Sky Devils vs Wild Buffaloes
Wild Buffaloes were down on numbers missing at least 4 players and only just having enough to field a team.
Sky Devils took advantage of this and controlled possession setting up good offence.
Their first goal came from a face off win by Andrew Nicholson who got the ball back to Con Sourlangos to roof his shot giving Sky Devils a 1-0 lead.
With only a minute to go Luke Simmonds stole the ball and got it to Tim Brown who managed to weave through and get a shot away and level up the scores and send the game to OT.
OT was highlighted by some good defensive work. Firstly Shannon Vost got back to deny Sky Devils and then Tracy Ivin got back to save a shot by Tim Brown.
Neither team managed a goal and shared the points. 1 All.
Sawawawas Vs. Slytherin
A freakish game of the highest quality.
Both teams keeping the game moving at high pace with a combination of patient offence and swift counter attacks.
Steve Timmins was the only goal scorer giving Slythern a 1-0 win and cementing them at top of the ladder.
30-SEP-2002
Division B - Week 9
Golden Falcons Vs. Ice Fury
A dour struggle with both teams unable to break the 0-0 deadlock.
Wasted opportunities a plenty for both teams with a draw probably a fair result.
Shannon Jorda for Ice Fury and Mark Slater for Golden Falcons the stand out players.
Guinness Vs. Polar Bears
First vs Third in a game which had a finals like atmosphere.
Both teams competing for every ball and setting up good opportunities only to be denied.
With only a couple of minutes on the clock it looked as though it was going to be the second 0-0 draw of the night for B division.
Then Mark Kim seized a loose ball at half way and broke on goals with only the keeper to beat.
A nice hard shot into the top of the net secured the win for Polar Bears 1-0.
The result reversed the teams positions with Polar Bears moving to first and Guinness dropping to third.
26-AUG-2002
Latest Edition to Statistic Pages
I have recently completed the statistics for our national teams.
Use the drop down menu 'NSW Representitive Teams' from the NSW main menu.
Click this link to see NSW Mixed #1 team stats
21-AUG-2002
Shane Martin Scores 1000 Career Goals
1000 goals to Shane Martin playing for Australia, ACT and locally in the Canberra competition.
Click the newspaper article to see one of them !!
From the 2002 Australian National Championships.. this one is goal number 976
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See some of his other many highlights
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15-SEP-2002
4th Annual Big Banana Broomball Bash - Coffs Harbour 5th-6th October (long weekend)
The Big Banana Broomball Bash is an annual tournament which show cases broomball to the local Coffs people.
It is low cost.. The entry fee is generally $15 per person with all proceeds going to the Coffs club for gear etc.
Teams enter from the Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Canberra (might be some Adelaide people there this year too).
Basically is a good fun tounament on a short ice rink.
Play all Saturday night (just like the mixed bag comp) and wake up early on Sunday and play a final.
Either enter your own team or I can place you on one.. Just let me know what you are doing as soon as possible.
The place we stay at has a BBQ area and a pool and we all have a good party on Sunday before heading home on the Monday public holiday.
Let me know if you are interested or have any questions.
FOURTH ANNUAL
BIG BANANA BROOMBALL BASH
October 5th & 6th
To enter contact:
Saxon Hooper
0412 181 702
saxon@broomball.com.au
26-SEP-2002
Division C - Week 9 - Round 1 Complete
Flaming Tomatos Vs. Crap Can Openers
A crap performance according to crap Can Opener captain crap Anth Courtney.
The only crap goal of the game went to crappy Aaron Calfas who came to the crap game late.
While crap Can Openers blamed their crap performance on their crap selves in fact Flaming Tomatos put in their best performance yet, playing with good cohesion.
With swarming defence and counter attacks the Tomatos were probably unlucky not to at least tie with the top of the table Crap Can Openers.
Allsorts Vs. Icebergs
This game was all about counter attacks.
Both teams making some great break away chances, and it was only some good keeping that kept the score relatively low.
Kurt Briggs opened the scoring for Icebergs with a cracking shot, and in the dying stages where Allsorts were all out attack to try and level the scores, Aaron Walsh strolled one into the open net.
2-0 Icebergs.
Slush Puppies Vs. Steelers
Steelers with yet another new line up, still showed some outstanding attacking power.
However, it wasn't enough to match it with the speed and experience of the Slush Puppies.
Slush Puppies got out to a 3-0 lead in the first half, with goals to Adam O'Callaghan, Dirk Whelan, and Geoff Neill.
But Steelers fought back in the second half, grabbing 2 through Ryan Knowles assisted by Chantal Knowles both times.
They would have grabbed more if it wasn't for yet another outstanding game in defence by Cassandra Morley.
Final score 3-2 Slush Puppies.
Monkey Magic Vs. 69ers
In front of a huge crowd of one, Monkey Magic took on a depleated 69ers side in a very good spirited match.
Those who were there were treated to the goal of the season, which started with Jo Mitchell making the initial break, passing to her right to Brian Macklin who kept the ball going right, touching it on to James Kristof.
James then passed back to Brian and then collected the return ball and gave a solid pass to the back post for the waiting Jo Mitchell.
All of it done without a fumble or a chance for the oppossition to touch the ball.
Outstanding deffence by Ben Roffey for the monkeys saw that stand in keeper Geoff Neill had a quite night in goals.
While Brian Macklin made sure of the result grabbing a goal of his own.
2-0 Monkey Magic.
23-SEP-2002
Division A & B - Week 8
Back to the Penrith Water Palace on Monday with the first game being played in a swimming pool.
The poor ice reflected on the score board with neither Sawawawas or Wild Buffaloes managing a score for the regulation 40 minutes.
Both teams came close many times but the poor footing and slippery ball resulted in many missed opportunities.
Overtime was called for and it was Peter Yabley for Sawawawas who managed a steal on half way.
His first shot was blocked by Tim Brown but Peter recovered and maybe shot again..
maybe passed it off Tim.. but it dribbled out to Dave Buckley who had followed up nicely and put away the goal.
Benefit of the doubt for Peter and he was awarded the assist.
A 1-0 overtime result for Sawawawas
Mighty Ducks vs Slytherin in the second and last A division match of the night.
Again a tight affair on wetish ice with the final result being 1-1.
Terry Giovas using his brand new STX Laser (which can be purchased from me for only $60) scored with a nice shot from a John Magnisalis pass.
Steve Timmins scored Slytherin's goal.
Steve Timmins completed a double by scoreing the overtime winner for Slytherin.
The win and duty point for the night cement Slytherin's position on top of the ladder.
However if you discount duty points there is only 2 games between 1st and 6th place meaning anyone at this stage could finish top or bottom of the ladder.
Golden Falcons minus Saxon Hooper but plus Tim Brown took on B Division leaders Guinness.
B Division Points leader Sean Mitchell scored from a Beau McQuillan pass to take the lead 1-0.
Guinness then set about laying seige to the Golden Falcons goal with shot after shot after goal mouth scramble after shot.
Unfortunately for the competition leaders they couldnt get the goal they required and went down 1-0.
Polar Bears came out on a mission against the hapless Western Scorpions and decimated them 5 goals to nil.
Three goals to Mark Kim and singles to Tracy Ivin and Brock Lesels for Polar Bears.
The win moves Polar bear to third place with a game in hand on Guinness and Phoenix but three points behind.
Western Scorpions dropped to 4th after the loss.
In the final game of the night the ice was still greasy and tricky with Phoenix and Ice Fury battling out an enthralling 0 all draw.
Both teams played well using good skill and patience to protect possession and create good opportunities.
In the end either team had enough opportunities to win the game but defence and goalies denied them.
19-SEP-2002
Division C - Week 8
Slush Puppies Vs. Flaming Tomatos
Monday Night was the Penrith Swimming Pool.. Thursday night was the Penrith Ice Palace Carpark !!
With no functioning machine to cut the ice the rink was left rough and cut up providing unbelievable grip.
These conditions were similar to the old Blacktown days.
Slush Puppies got off to a good start scoreing 4 unanswered goals by half time.
Flaming Tomatos settled in the second half and took it to the Puppies, Nicole Pearce passing well to Andrew Chapman to score the first goal for Tomatos.
However Slush Puppies applied some more pressure and Dirk Whelan was able to complete his hat trick taking the final score to 5-1.
Mitchell Tuza and goal keeper Geoff Neil scored the Puppies other goals.
Allsorts Vs. 69ers
A grudge match of sorts (in Mark Kim's mind anyway) saw the two teams go hammer and tong for the full 40 minutes.
Jay Schmidt put in a mammoth effort as he needed 3 points to move to the all time C division points scorer leader.
Derivig a bizarre correlation between playing his 21st C division game just days before his 21st bithday on the 21st of September, Jay believed it was his destiny to score the three points he needed.
However about the only correlation on the night was probably the 21 shots on goal he missed.. and so was the story for the whole game.
Both teams squandering their many chances.
69ers scored first and held the lead for quite some time before Allsorts hit back.
Then 69ers scored again and again Allsorts hit back.
Neither team could manage another score and the game remained tied at 2-2.
For 69ers Jay Schidmt got 1 goal (and two penalty minutes.. maybe this was his tri-destiny) with Eric Greentree getting the other.
Danny Santamaria and Mark Kim scored for Allsorts.
Can Openers Vs. Monkey Magic
Monkey Magic set up with patient offence while Can Openers countered with amazing speed on the rough ice.
In an even game Can Openers were able to remain undefeated in their intial season scoreing two breakaway goals.
The first to Robert Courtney and the second to Aaron Calfas who had a mighty game terrorising the Monkey Magic defence with his pace.
The loss dropped monkey magic out of the top four and the win gave Can Openers a two point break on the field.
16-SEP-2002
More 50 Gamers
Congratulations to Tim Brown of Wild Buffaloes and Harry Sotiropoulos of Mighty Ducks who both played their 50th A grade games last night.
The 50 game club for A grade now has 7 members and will have about 13 by the end of the season.
Many more should join in the next season.
50 doesn't sound much but when you only play about 20 games per year it shows a player has been around for awhile and has shown good commitment to the sport.
Hopefully we will get many more 50 gamers who grow to be 100 or 200 gamers.
16-SEP-2002
Division A and B - Week 7
Guinness ground out a hard fought 1-0 win over Phoenix at the Penirth Swimming Pool last night.
It was Craig Horsley who just did enough to score the late single goal which provided Guinness a game break at the top of the B division table.
Given the wet conditions both teams played extremely well.
Look for them both to figure prominently come finals time.
Karen Thompson scored early for Western Scorpions and they managed to hold out Ice Fury for a 1-0 win.
The win and duty point catapulted Western Scorpions to third position on the B division ladder.
In the first A division game of the night Sky Devils were up against Sawawawas.
Sky Devils coming off consectutive wins controlled the game well and through John Skiadas took a 1-0 lead.
Sawawawas never a team to give up applied a tonne of pressure and Peter Yabsley scored with only 4 minutes to go to make it 1-1.
The match looked destined for a draw and overtime until a costly turn over by Sky Devils in their own half handed the ball back to Sam Boer,
Who laid it off to Peter Yabsley who beat the keeper and gave Sawawawas their second win of the season.
Thunderbirds became the first team to win 3 games this season when it defeated Slytherin by 2-0.
Slyterin ran hard the entire game but couldnt convert their chances and slumped to their second defeat in succession.
However they still maintain top position on the ladder on superior goal difference from Wild Buffaloes.
Thunderbirds grabbing their third impressive win on the trot with both goals going to Saxon Hooper.
Wild Buffaloes with Tim Brown playing his 50th game played Mighty Ducks with Harry Sotiropoulos playing his 50th game.
This game was fast end to end stuff.
With both teams countering with counter after counter.
Mighty Ducks had the best of it early but couldnt convert.
Tim Brown then grabbed 2 goals just before half time giving Wild Buffaloes a commanding 2-0 lead.
The second half was as pacey as the first.
This time however with 9 minutes to go Mighty Ducks converted through John Magnisalis to make it 2-1 and set up a hard fought finish.
Mighty Ducks pressed hard but Wild Buffaloes dropped back and defended well to deny them and grab second spot on the ladder.
Mighty Ducks fell from 2nd to 5th with the loss but are only 2 points from 1st place.
This is definately the most even A division competition ever with any team capable of winning the title.
After letting in 9 goals in his last appearence as keeper Ryan Findlayson defied all attackers and earned a tough shut out.
12-SEP-2002
Division C - Week 7
Icebergs Vs. Steelers
Steelers had their work cut out for them with a couple of new players to work with, and fell behind on the score board with a goal to Aaron Walsh for the Icebergs.
However for the remainder of the game, both teams were very even and only a deflection of an Icebergs defender saw the scores level and remained that way till the end.
1-1.
Monkey Magic Vs. Allsorts
A very strong Allsorts side against Monkey Magic who were coming off a 5-0 victory, was the setup for a great match.
Mark Kim, who was humbled in his B-Grade efforts on Monday night, started off trying some unorthodox keeping methods, and the Monkeys used this to their advantage getting momentum up from nothing situations.
They soon hit with style, Tim Roffey being assisted by Bryan Macklin.
At which Mark Kim removed himself from goals and after a few fumbles and lucky retrievals, passed off to Danny Santamaria who slammed the leveller home for Allsorts.
In the second half Monkey Magic stepped it up a gear, and controlled a lot of the half, being rewarded by a goal to Bryan Macklin with about 5 minutes remaining.
Then Allsorts pulled all stops.
Luke P, Eric Fry and Brock Lessells lead by Mark Kim trying every trick in the book, applied much pressure only to be met with shut down, after shut down, after shut down.
Monkeys held on for a 2-1 victory.
Slush Puppies Vs. Can Openers
The aim of this game was apparently to just slap the ball quaround to nowhere in particular, and the frustrations of not having control showed on both teams.
All that seperated the teams was a lone goal to Andrew Leahy for the Can Openers to give a final score of 1-0.
It must be said that both teams would peform a lot better if they didn't get caught up in arguments and sledging!!!
09-SEP-2002
Division A and B - Week 6
Week 6 sees the completion of round 1 for both A and B grade.
In the first game Golden Falcons took on Polar Bears in a grudge match.
With much slanging between the teams thoughout the week it was gonna be a fun match !!
Golden Falcons started on fire bagging 2 goals to lead half at time by 2 goals to nil.
Polar Bears fought back with goals to Kerry Baxter and Luke Petelczyc to make it 2 all.
However Sean Mitchell slammed a goal home from a face off win to give Golden Falcons a 3-2 win.
Notably Polar Bear mouth Mark Kim had little ball and didnt trouble the scorers.
Guinness belted Ice Fury by 7 goals to 1.
John Skiadas was the lone scorer for Ice Fury with a hat trick to Dane Hansen and singles to Craig Horsley, David Daffy, Joanne Mitchell and Ryan Findlayson.
Western Scorpions challenged Phoenix in the final B grade clash of the night.
Both teams had a tonne of opportunities and just couldnt finish off.
Good performances by Steve Clarke for Phoenix and Garry Mitchell for Western Scorpions.
Final score 0-0.
In form and undefeated Wild Buffaloes played Thunderbirds in the opening A division match.
Saxon Hooper started the scoreing with a quick goal followed by Aaron Wigg taking Thunderbirds to a 2-0 half time lead.
Wild Buffaloes came hard in the second half and controlled much of the play.
However Thunderbirds held them off and countered with another 2 goals finally defeating Wild Buffaloes 4-0.
Slytherin also undefeated and top of the ladder faced off against bottom of the ladder Sky Devils.
Sky Devils strengthened by the return of Con Sourlangos and George Pinirios controlled the game well.
However with the lions share of possession Sky Devils were unable to convert and at the half it was nil all.
With only a few minutes to go Andrew Nicholson belted in the winner and secured the upset for Sky Devils.
05-SEP-2002
Division C - Week 6
Monkey Magic Vs. Flaming Tomatos
An on fire Monkey Magic side took this one in style.
They had a huge amount of possesion, and were hardly troubled in defence.
Flaming Tomatos had no answer for the team work displays, from the Monkeys,
the highlight being a goal initiated by Jo Mitchell deep in her own half flicked the ball over a couple of defenders to a running Sara Kristof,
who used her speed and momentum to side step and out pace the rest of the defence.
Drawing the keeper beautifully passed it off to a waiting Daniel Wong who tapped it into the empty net.
Goals also to Sara Kristof, Tim Roffey, and two to Brian Macklin gave a full time score of 5-0.
02-SEP-2002
Division A and B - Week 5
Thunderbirds got their first win of the season vs Sky Devils winning 3 goals to 0.
Troy Carroll scored within 20 seconds of taking the ice and then scored again only minutes later.
Saxon Hooper scored the third goal shooting past kepper Scott Murray like he wasnt even there.
The second half was dominated by Sky Devils but they were unable to convert any chances.
Mighty Ducks took on Sawawawas in the second game of the night.
An interesting game as both teams rely on the counter attack as their main source of offence.
However neither team had much luck converting until late in the second half Harry Sotiropoulos took it on himself to carry the ball deep into Sawawawas territory.
After beating a couple players he clinically drew the keeper and flicked it past to set up the 1-0 win for Mighty Ducks.
Wild Buffaloes who were missing regular players left right and centre took on the might of the Division A leaders Slytherin.
Against expectations it was Wild Buffaloes who scored first through Matt Robson.
However Slytherin hung in their and Ryan Findlayson snuck a goal through from the blue line to even it up.
OT was called on to see if anyone could claim a bonus point.. which they couldnt.
In the first B grade game of the night Phoenix and Polar Bears battled it out.
Polar Bears had most of the possession but a deep set defence by Phoenix denied them time after time.
Phoenix scored through Matt Robson and maintained their deep defence to hold on to the 1-0 win and claim 1st spot in B division.
Golden Falcons went head to head with Western Scorpions in the late game.
It turned out to be a cracker with Western Scorpions claiming their first win of the season 4-3.
Young Alex Blair scored twice for Scorpions with Steve Larte and Karen Thompson getting singles.
Saxon Hooper scored 2 goals for the Falcons with Kylie Connolly scoreing her first mixed division goal in her 23rd B division game.
30-AUG-2002
Division C - Week 5
Icebergs Vs. Slush Puppies
It was a great game to watch, both teams fighting hard to create their opportunities, and it was David Montgomery who first broke through for the Slush Puppies, capitalising on a pass from behind the goals by James Ward.
But there were always going to be more goals in this game.
Garry Mitchell perfecting the hit the ball into the keeper and score off the rebound tecnique, scoring two in this manner to take the score into half time at 2-1 Icebergs.
In the second half it was much of the same action, Slush Puppies first to break through again this time via Mitch Tuza scoreing his 3rd goal in two games with is new STX Laser stick (which you can purchase from me..see Ye Olde Shoppe for prices).
It stayed 2-2 for most of the second half until late in the game Aaron Walsh drilled one in off a superb foot pass from Helen Walker to take the final score at 3-2 Icebergs.
Allsorts Vs. Flaming Tomatos
Flaming Tomatos were still suffering from teething problems and struggled against the self proclaimed brilliance of Mark Kim and his Allsorts.
Allsorts had the ball to bat around more often (there wasn't much that actually resembled possesion for either team).
Mark Kim scoreing 2, Danny Santamaria and Brendan Nigro claiming 1 each to give Allsorts the game 4-0.
Monkey Magic Vs. Steelers
Steelers forgot to turn up and forfeited to Monkey Magic handing them a 5-0 forfeit win.
Although it was probably lucky for steelers as Monkey Magic were on fire winning the scratch match 5-0 anyway.
26-AUG-2002
Division A and B - Week 4
Top of the table Guinness took on the winless Western Scorpions.
You would think it to be a mismatch however the competition in B grade is very even and Guinness had to work very hard for their 1-0 win.
David Daffy scoreing for Guinness securing top spot.
In the second game Golden Falcons came up aganist Phoenix.
Phoenix scored first and held the lead until the end of the game.
However Golden Falcons were always in it fighting back but finally going down 3-2.
Sean Mitchell scored both goals for Golden Falcons while Phoenix shared it around with Matt Robson, Stephen Clarke and Andrew Chapman all scoreing.
Polar Bears tackled Ice Fury in the last B division game of the night.
A very tight game with neither team converting their many opportunities until Polar Bears put away two late goals through Mark Kim and Kerry Baxter.
Sawawawas played Thunderbirds in a dog fight. Neither team able to score in either half.
Extra time was called on to determine a bonus point winner.
Sawawawas kept their heads, controlling the ball and Peter Yabsley did a "Saxon" past Saxon Hooper for the winner.
A winless Sky Devils took on the Mighty Ducks in the last game of the night.
Andrew Nicholson scored all the goals of the match leading Sky Devils to a 2-0 win.
The win really clogs up the table with only 2 points separating Slytherin who are first and Sky Devils who are 5th.
Wont mention poor Thunderbirds who are last.
22-AUG-2002
C Division - Week 4
69ers Vs. Slush Puppies
In what started out as very physicall contest, the Slush Puppies were patient with their possesion waiting for the perfect opportunities to score three goals (Mitch Tuza(2), Dirk Wheelan(1)).
While the 69ers attempted too many long shots and on several occasions failed to use their free players, thus were held scoreless.
3-0 Slush Puppies. Mitchell Tuza scored not only his first ever goal but got a double in his 19th game of broomball.
I might add it was only his third game with his new STX laser stick which you can buy from me...
Steelers Vs. Flaming Tomatos
Previous form said that the Steelers were in for a comfortable night, and the score line on this occassion agreed.
However the Flaming Tomatos did create several opportunities, one of which involving four attackers versus the Steelers goal keeper.
Still they could not convert until, a brilliantly worked break away by Tim Boyce assisting Andrew Chapman in the Flaming Tomatos first regular season goal (and first ever).
This made it 4-1 top Steelers.
Icebergs Vs. Can Openers
A very fast paced encounter.
Icebergs got off to an early lead through Aaron Walsh combining with Craig Smith.
Andrew Leahy got the Can Openers level before half time, and setup a dog fight in the second half.
Break away after break away for both teams made it seem like a tennis match, and while still following this trend Andrew Leahy mannaged to hammer one through the Icebergs defence for his and the teams second goal of the night.
This is how it finished 2-1 Can Openers.
19-AUG-2002
Division A and B - Week 3
A Peter Yabsleyless Sawawawas took on A division leaders Slytherin.
Was a very solid performance by both teams on difficult wet ice.
Neither team could score and 0-0 was the final result.
Steve Timmins for Slytherin scored in OT to gain Slytherin the bonus point.
Sky Devils after the bye last week were up against Wild Buffaloes.
In an amazing game Sky Devils took a 4-0 lead going into half time.
Wild Buffaloes charged out after the break but Sky Devils held them at bay for 8 minutes.
Then in the space of 4 minutes the score was 4 all.
Luke Simmonds then completed the comeback for Wild Buffaloes when he scored their 5th goal.
Sky Devils had come to far to let it slip and with 8 seconds on the clock and a player in the sin bin evened it up at 5 all.
Tim Brown grabbed the overtime bonus point for Wild Buffaloes.
For Sky Devils John Skiadas and Shannon Jorda had 2 goals and Shane Savill the other.
Tim Brown had a night out with 4 goals and Luke Simmonds grabbed a double for Wild Buffaloes.
Thunderbirds dropped their second game in a row 2-0 to Mighty Ducks.
The first half was very even with no goals scored and it wasnt until late in the second that the first goal was scored by John Magnisalis.
Arthur Papageorgiov then slotted home the second shortly after.
Polar Bears got off to a good star going up 1-0 against Guinness in a very fast B division encounter.
Guinness hung in there and eventually evened it up for a 1 all result.
Mark Kim scored for Polar Bears and Dane Hansen got one for Guinness.
Golden Falcons demolished a furyless Ice Fury 5 goals to nil.
Golden Falcons dominated from the outset with 3 goals to Sean Mitchell and 2 goals to Mark Slater.
15-AUG-2002
Division C - Week 3
69ers Vs Can Openers
A game that was very even for most of the match, saw many opportunities for both teams.
It was only a breakaway goal to Neil Armstrong for the Can Openers, and a rocket that deflected off the defence by Jay Scmidt for the 69ers,
that could be converted.
There was some late pressure applied by the 69ers, but an outstanding defensive effort by an injured Lauren O'Brien kept the score at 1-1.
Allsorts Vs Slush Puppies
Despite what was seemingly a very even match up, the score line told a different story.
Allsorts made the most of their opportunites, Danny Santamaria claiming a hat-trick.
Meanwhile Slush Puppies couldn't convert any of their chances, which did occur regularly.
Mark Kim claiming a supplementary goal for All Sorts had the final score at 4-0.
Icebergs Vs Flaming Tomatos
An undermanned (or underwomanned as it was) Flaming Tomatos showed several signs of improvement from previous weeks, yet were unable to match terms with the mighty Icebergs.
An outstanding game by Aaron Walsh, claiming 2 goals and 2 assists, saw the Icebergs sail comfortably to a 4-0 victory.
12-AUG-2002
Division A - Week 2
Mighty Ducks came out strongly and took a commanding lead going into the break with 2 unanswered goals.
But late in the game everything just stopped going there way.
Slytherin's Dane Hansen was given 3 chances from teammates Ryan Findlayson and Steve Timmins and he took them all.
3-2 Slytherin defeated Mighty Ducks.
Wild Buffaloes and Sawawawas played a very high paced game.
The first half had a number of chances but solid keeping from Dane Hanson and Kosta Sourla plus some timely blocks by Nikki Brown(WB) and Gemma Fornal(WB) made sure there was no scoring in the first half.
It wasn't until 4 minutes remaining that Cliff Pace laid the ball off to Tim Brown, in space, who looked up once...
saw a gap...looked again, noticed it was still there...
(recalled certain Sawawawas mumbling 'your going down' before the match) then smashed a hissing spitting swirling dodging weaving drive through the gap (which was still there!) giving the buffaloes a chance for their opening win of the season.
#Way to describe your own goal Tim... Editor Saxon#
The Buffaloes then tried to hold on with the Sawawawas team throwing everyone forward.
Sam Boer cracked a wicked shot on goal that looked to surely take it to extra time but goalkeeper Dane Hanson left it to the last second to whip out a forearm and deflect the ball safely away.
There were a couple more chances for the Sawawawas making it a tight finish but the Buffaloes took all the points.
12-AUG-2002
Division B - Week 2
There was some confusion as to whether the Ice Fury had turned up, there were definitely 3!
Some extra players were found to make up the six and the Ice Fury went out to face a 10 player Phoenix side.
The Fury started well and dominated the game, Shannon Jorda opening the scoring from a Kerry Baxter pass.
But the Fury team tired and Phoenix ran over the top of them, final score 3-1 to Phoenix.
A strong showing by the Polars Bears a 3-0 drubbing of the Western Scorpions.
It could have been more but for some poor finishing from Mark 'Gianni/Pornstar' Kim.
The goals came from Eric Fry (2) and Alf Leahy.
This was a good contest but the Guiness team came out easy winners in the end 2-0.
The high 6 minute penalty count against the Falcons really cramped there style in the second half and prevented them from mounting any comeback.
08-AUG-2002
Division C - Week 2
Flaming Tomatos Vs. 69ers
The Flaming Tomatos didn't even reach a smoulder as they were handed a 5-0 defeat by the 69ers.
A first half hat-trick to Steve Lerter and some great assisting by Jay Schmidt ensured the result was never in doubt.
Another goal to Steve in the second half, and one to Craig Lochlan-Smith brought up the final score with the 69ers goals barely threatened.
Mokey Magic Vs. Icebergs
In a game that could have quite easily had a result of 10-10 if it wasn't for some superb goal keeping by Jo Mitchell and Aaron Toomey for Monkey Magic, Gary Mitchell and Craig Lochlan-Smith for the Icebergs.
Midway through the first half Kurt Briggs assisted Gary Mitchell in a excellent 1-2 combination to score (off several goal posts) the first goal of the match.
While the Icebergs owned the first half, Monkey Magic dominated the second.
However , despite some heat seeking missiles launched by James Kristof, they were kept out.
So the game ended 1-0 Icebergs.
Allsorts Vs Steelers
Allsorts got out to an early lead with a break away goal to Danny Santamaria from a soccer assist by Brendan Nigro.
But in true Steelers style they fought back well to level the scores before half time (A frequent combination of Chantel Knowles and Justin Bullen).
In the second half Mark Kim took some responsibility after an earlier choking effort, and flicked one past the steelers keeper to give Allsorts their second of the night.
Despite Mark's calls of "defence only from now on!!!", Steelers quickly levelled the scores once again through Craig Small.
Steelers having more possesion late in the game couldn't break the deadlock of 2-2.
05-AUG-2002
Division A & B - Week 1
Wild Buffaloes and Mighty Ducks opened the season for A grade in a game worthy of a final.
Both teams showed extreme poise, control and a healthy respect for possession.
Mighty Ducks were first to score when Kosta Sourlas tipped in a Harry Sotiropoulos rocket assist.
Tim Brown hit back for Wild Buffaloes with a missile of his own into the top of the net.
The score remained at 1-1 until the end of the game.
So 5 minutes of sudden death overtime was called upon to see if either team could gain a bonus point.
Wild Buffaloes looked set to win with a shot on target heading towards an open net until Lina Nasr flew in and knocked it away.
With 10 seconds to go and a face off in the defensive half Mighty Duck John Magnisalis tipped the face off forward and split the defence to win the bonus point for his side with less than a second on the clock.
Slytherin had their first ever A grade win with a win over Thunderbirds 3-1.
Slytherin controlled the game from the outset with goals to Ryan Findlayson, Dane Hansen and Steve Timmins giving them a 3 goal lead with 8 minutes to go.
Saxon Hooper got 1 goal for Thunderbirds but it too little to late.
Sawawawas opened their season with a first every victory over Sky Devils (Divers, Dragons, Demons).
A spirited performance from the undermanned Sky Devils but some awesome finishing sunk them.
A grade debutants Shannon Jorda and Shane Savill put in sold performances for Sky Devils.
2 Goals to Sawawawas Peter Yabsley and 1 to Dave Buckley.
The two newest B grade teams took on each other in the B grade season opener.
Ice Fury and Western Scorpions played out a dour game with both teams failing to convert good opportunities.
Eventually Shane Savill broke the dead lock and 1 goal was enough for Ice Fury to record their maiden B grade victory in their maiden B grade game.
Phoenix and Guinness clashed in the late game.
And what a game it was.
Phoenix opened the scoreing when Cliff Pace loaded up and smashed a curling, hissing fireball into the back of the net.
Phoenix then maintained the lead right up until the last minute of play when Jo Mitchell scrambled home a goal past Phoenix keeper Joel Firth.
1 all ending a great game and the beginning of a great rivalry between these two teams.
01-AUG-2002
Division C - Round 1
Monkey Magic took on the Slush Puppies in the Summer Season opener.
Slush Puppies built good pressure and broke through twice to win 2-0.
Nadia Lunam scored her first ever goal with Dirk Whelan scoreing the other for Slush Puppies.
Steelers took on the 69ers.. both teams were unorganised and the game started late.
However Steelers settled first and got away to a 2-0 lead.
Dale Ashworth arrived for 69ers and put on 2 goals to make it 2-2.
Steelers eventually with weight of numbers pulled away to win 5-2.
Chantal Knowles and Justin Bullen scored two goals each with Craig Small slotting home the other.
In the final game of the night Allsorts went 1 up early however Can Openers clawed their way back to take the game 2-1.
Neil Armstrong and Anth Courtney both scored on debut for Can Openers with Danny Santamaria scoreing for Allsorts.
22-JUL-2002
Results Fom Monday - Grand Finalists Decided
Womens: Orange 0 drew with Maroon(green) 0
Womens: Black 0 drew with Sky 0
Mens: Green 3 defeated Navy 0
Mens: Semi Final 1: Black 3 defeated Silver 2
Mens: Semi Final 2: Yellow 2 defeated Orange 1 in Sudden Death OT
2 nil all draws for the womens games.
Firstly Maroon and Orange in a game which didnt have a bearing on the finals as Maroon had already secured top spot.
Sky needed to defeat Black in the second game with Black only needing a draw to progress to the final.
Sky controlled most the possession however Black held them out for a nil all draw.
Next weeks grand final between Black and Maroon(green) should be a great game.
In mens Green defeated Navy by 3 goals to nil in the 5th place play off.
Black reversed last weeks result vs Silver in the first semi final.
Defeated 4-1 last week, Black came out on fire racing to a 2-0 lead.
Silver pulled one back but Black pulled away again to have a 3-1 lead at half time.
Black tightened up in the second half but Silver managed to pull one back with ten minutes to go 3-2 setting up a great finish.
Silver applied a tonne of pressure but Black soaked it up and progressed to the grand final next week winning 3-2.
In the second semi Yellow scored first.
Orange soaked up a heap of pressure after having 4 players sent off throughout the game to turn it around and score the equaliser.
1-1 at full time and into the excitement of sudden death overtime.
Yellow had the most chances with Orange making some desparate saves but the pressure told and Tim Brown flicked home the winner.
Yellow vs Black in next weeks Mens Grand Final.
18-JUL-2002
Results Fom Monday - Anyone care to win ??
Womens: Black 0 drew with Maroon(green) 0
Womens: Orange 1 drew with Sky 1
Mens: Green 2 drew with Yellow 2
Mens: Silver 4 defeated Black 1
Mens: Orange 1 drew with Navy 1
Four draws and only 1 result.. Great even competition.
In the first womens game Black applied a heap of pressure with Maroon(green) relying on the counter strike, however neither team could crack each other defences and the first draw was nil all.
The second womens game saw Orange score first with a break away goal to Jenny Lee (her first broomball goal !!).
Jo Mitchell evened it up for Sky with a goal from very close.
Now to Mens.. Green opened the scoreing and held a one nil lead for most of the match until Yellow scored two in a minute to take a 2-1 lead.
Green kept attacking and evened up for a final score of 2-2.
Silver needed to win to grab top spot and while 4-1 looked like a comfortable win it wasnt with the last two goals coming in the 36th and 40th minute of the game.
Orange and Navy fought out a 1 all draw with goals to Andrew Leahy (Orange) and Brett Mitchell (Navy).
Next week is the Semi Finals for mens and the last round before finals for the women.. check the draw !!
04-AUG-2002
Results Fom Monday
Most of the teams were full.. but still a heap of players away enmasse for a couple of teams.
You are really letting your team down (and costing me money) when you dont show.
Just because one of your friends isnt going isnt a good excuse... I'll be your friend for the night ;)
Anyway enough of a whinge from me on with the games.
The night got off to a good start with the Maroon women (playing in green) defeating a gallant but underwomaned orange team by 1 goal to nil.
In the next womens game Black and Sky fought out a nil all draw.
Black were without their resident stunt woman Sally Yabsley who broke her arm in 44 places when she tried unsuccessfully to slide her moped and herself under a stopped car.
The first mens game was an end to end affair with both teams squandering chances.
In the end Yellow-Red scored a late goal to defeat navy by 1 goal to nil.
Green finally showed up and took on Silver-Black.
Green probably should of won by 5 goals however failed to convert their many open shots (bit rusty from non attendance I think).
Even so they had 1 goal to nil lead heading into the last 5 minutes.
Silver-Black evened it up with a couple to go and scored the winner past Nationals All Star Keeper Andrew Nicholson with 20 seconds to go.
In the last match of the night Orange-Black took on Black-Yellow.
Was another close game with Black-Yellow's Tim Edwards providing the winner.
So a great night of games with 1 draw and 4 games decided by a single goal.
24-JUN-2002
Two Rounds into Mens and Womens Competition
Attendance better last night but still not perfect !!
Get down because there were some great games last night.
In the Womens Sky defeated Orange by 3 goals to nil.
The Maroon women fought out a nil all draw with Black-Yellow.
In the mens Black-Yellow defeated Green by 2 goals to nil.
The Green team have been the worse offenders for not showing up and have lost their first two games.
As preseason favourites they now have to show up and probably win 3 out of 3 of their final games to make the finals.
Orange-Black took on Yellow-Red and came out in front by 3 goals to 1.
And in the red eye match Silver over came Navy by 3 goals 2.
All statistics and tables have finally been loaded so check them out vis the "NSW" link.
10-JUN-2002
NSW MIXED 1 - Australian National Mixed Broomball Champions
We have returned victorious in the mixed division of the Australian National Broomball Championships.
Everyone who went had a great weekend in Adelaide playing in what turned out to be very good competition.
Hopefully everyone who went wants to go again next year.
Not too sure where it will be yet but word is either Canberra, Melbourne or Brisbane.
Our Mens team finished third missing out on a final spot after leading SA 1 by 1 goal to nil with only a minute thirty left.
However SA 1 pressed hard and scored twice to deny us a final spot.
The women in a three way competition finished equal with everyone on 1 win and 1 loss however missed out on the final due to a technicality.
2002 Australian National Mixed Broomball Champions
Back: Andrew Nicholson, Steve Timmins, Peter Yabsley, Saxon Hooper, Troy Carroll, Tim Brown, Con Sourlangos
Front: Karen Roberts, Shannon Vost, Kerry Baxter, Tracy Ivin
06-JUNE-2002
NSW Team off to South Australia
The NSW team are heading off today and tommorrow to compete in the Australian National Broomball Championships.
We have entered a total of 6 teams: 2 Mens, 3 Mixed and 1 Womens. See teams at the NSW page.
Should be a great tournament for all involved.
We are hoping to defend our Mixed Division title and improve on our second place finishes in the Mens and Womens divisions.
Send us a good luck sms on 0412 181 702. Include your name and team.
Check out the South Australian Web Page to see our progress. Just follow the Nationals links
Check out the South Australian Web Page to see our progress.
30-MAY-2002
Points Award Winners
Division C - Male Points Award - Tim Harwood(Ice Breakers) and Adrian White(Icebergs)
Division C - Female Points Award - Nicole Goerge(Phoenix) and Sara Kristof(Monkey Magic)
30-MAY-2002
Phoenix C Division Champions
69ers again started like a house on fire getting in and finding the back of the net in the first 20 seconds.
However the 69er attacker had his foot inside the goal crease and the goal was disallowed.
Rather than dropping the bundle the 69ers lifted the tempo with the ball rarely leaving the Phoenix defensive zone.
Dale Ashworth chased down a clearence and fired home the 69ers first goal.
The score remained at 1-0 until the 69ers over extended themselves in attack once too often and with only a minute on the clock,
Matt Robson streaked from half way and miss hit home the goal to tie the game away and send it into sudden death overtime.
An illegal use of the broom by Brett Mitchell saw him earn 2 minutes in the bin and meant 69ers started the sudden death period with only 3 players.
Katie Robson picked up the lose ball in defence and fired it up the wall to brother Matt Robson who carried the ball over half way.
A nice pass over to Joel Firth who drew the defence and flipped it back to Matt who calmly slotted home the winner.
Final Score 2-1 to Phoenix.
See the goals by clicking Here
29-MAY-2002
Whats Next
17th June -> 29th July Mens Competition
Non Contact
6-8 teams - Open to all players A, B, C and new players.. need 80 Males so please register.
Starts 17th June finishes 29th of July (7 weeks).
No registration costs if you played in the last A,B or C comp, new players $10
Played on Monday Nights from 7.45pm
17th June -> 29th July Womens Competition
Non Contact
4 teams - Open to all players A, B, C and new players.. need 40 females so please register.
Starts 17th June finishes 29th of July (7 weeks).
No registration costs if you played in the last A,B or C comp, new players $10
Played on Monday Nights from 7.45pm
I need you to register as soon as possible so I can start forming teams.
Want to make them as even as possible but will endeavor to place you with current team members as much as possible.
So email me your registrations.. talk to people not on email for me and email me their registrations..
Everyone email me dont worry if you think another team member has..
I would prefer to get 4 emails from 4 different people saying the same players register than get none at all because you all thought someone else was going to do it.
5th - 12th August - A & B Mixed Division Competition Starts
6 A Teams
7 B Teams (Phoenix have graduated from C and Ice Wizards and Anglers have been absorbed into A teams. There will also be a couple of new teams.
The above is what I think given all current teams rejoining the comp.
Please let me know what your team is doing. Or if you have a new team etc.
21-MAY-2002
Sky Demons Winter A Division Premiers
A game of the highest quality decided the 2002 A division winter premiership.
Both teams controlled possession well and built their attack with solid passing.
It took 13 minutes for the first goal to come through Sky Demon Harry Sotiropoulos who hammered one past the diving keeper from the blue line.
1-0 was the half time score.
Thunderbirds needed to step it up in the second half and did, creating opportunities which were foiled again and again by the Sky Demon defence.
Eventually with only 2 minutes to go with Thunderbirds pressing for an equaliser, Harry Sotiropoulos grabbed a ball from a goal mouth scramble and hit home the winner.
Final score 2-0 Sky Demons who win their second A division premiership.
See the goals by clicking Here
21-MAY-2002
Anglers Winter B Division Premiers in Sudden Death OT
Is rare that the Grand Final of any sport is the best game of the year but in the Winter 2002 B division premiership game this was the case.
Anglers opened the scoreing through Matt Xerri at the 15 minute mark of the first half.
Only a few minutes later Troy Carroll poked at a lose ball which found the net to make it 1-1 at half time.
The game flowed from end to end with the intensity lifing.
Anglers were next to score through newcomer Shannon Jorda who had a few goes at hammering it through the Ice Wizard goal keeper Scott Murray.
Ice Wizards again hit back through a fine solo goal from Troy Carroll making the score 2-2.
Both teams had their chances to wrap it up in the final frantic minutes but failed to do so and we were headed for sudden death OT.
Anglers took the ball forward and a shot rebounded accross goals where Matt Xerri was there to swoop and hit home the championship goal.
Congrats to both teams on a great game and season.
See the goals by clicking Here
21-MAY-2002
Points Award Winners
Division A - Male Points Award - Saxon Hooper-ThunderBirds
Division A - Female Points Award - Tracy Ivin and Kerry Baxter-Sky Demons
Division B - Male Points Award - Aaron Wigg-Ice Wizards
Division B - Female Points Award - Chantal Knowles and Janine Lowe-Steelers
21-MAY-2002
Welcome to the 50 game club (A division)
Jenny Sourlangos of Thunderbirds and John Skiadas of Sky Demons are both now members of the A division 50 game club.
Both notching their 50th game in the A division Grand Final.
Unfortunately for Jenny she was on the losing team.
Congrats to you both and hopefully we will see you play your 100th game.
24-MAY-2002
69ers into first Grand Final
Next week will see 69ers in their third season of Broomball reach their first grand final after they held out Ice Breakers for a 1-0 win.
69ers started on fire totally dominating possession and applying all the pressure.
Ice Breakers however withstood the storm and started to mount their own pressure.
The game flowed back and forth but huge defensive efforts snuffed out every attacking raid and the score remained 0-0 at half time.
After the break the game got faster again and some ordinary tackles lead to a few players going to the penalty box.
Finally Eric Greentree flicked a shot in that somehow looped the keeper and got the 69ers the lead.
Which they managed to hold until the end of the game.
Ice Breakers have now played in 4 finals games and are 0-4 from them.
69ers go onto to meet Phoenix in the C Division grand final next Thursday.
Head to head this season Phoenix have won both games, 1-0 in round 1 and 4-1 in round 6.
Both teams are in great form at the right end of the season.. Get down and see this game it will be a beauty !!
16-MAY-2002
Icebergs Eliminated by Fast Finishing 69ers
After just scraping into the top four 69ers put out a big warning to the top teams when it clinically eliminated third placed Icebergs 4-0.
A career game by Jay Schmidt with 2 goals and an assist set up the win.
Brett Mitchell and Dale Ashworth both had a goal and an assist.
While it looks like Icebergs were totally outclassed they werent, good keeping and defence defused the many opportunities they had.
69ers now take on Ice Breakers in the preliminary final next week.
So far this season Ice Breakers have won both games against the 69ers but with scorelines of 3-2 and 2-1 the 69ers are right in it and hitting form at the right end of the season.
Should be a cracker.. get the crowds down.
16-MAY-2002
Phoenix in Sudden Death OT - What a Game !!
Awesome performance by these B grade bound teams.
No score until the 14 minute mark of the second period when Shannon Jorda buried a shot from the blue line.
Phoenix hit back almost straight away with a goal to Matt Robson fresh off the plane from his holiday around Asia.
The last 5 minutes were frantic with both teams creating opportunities to score only to have the defence squash it.
Some notable efforts in defence for Ice Breakers by Mandy Pace while Christine Deng for Phoenix played an outstanding game.
No further score. 1-1 and into the 4 on 4 sudden death overtime.
The game flowed end to end and was full of tension for the entire OT period.
After five minutes Stephen Clarke grabbed an intercept and flipped a pass over the defence.
Matt Robson chased down onto the ball and delicately pushed the ball into the open net to secure the Grand Final berth.
Phoenix will take on the winner of the Ice Breakers vs 69ers preliminary final.
13-MAY-2002
Third Straight ThunderBird vs Sky Demons A Division Final
Thunderbirds using superior numbers of subs kept the pace of the game very fast and eventually wore down the Mighty Ducks.
Game was very even all first half with both teams applying good pressure in both attack and defence.
Andrew Nicholson opened the scoreing with a fine shot into the corner from a 45 degree angle.
Score was 1-0 at half time and was anyones game.
The second half saw Saxon Hooper slot home a one handed shot to take it to 2-0.
Mighty Ducks stepped up the pace and pressure but a break away goal to Troy Carroll took the score to 3-0.
John Magnisalis fired one home for Mighty Ducks to make it 3-1 with 7 minutes to go.
Although Mighty Ducks had most of the ball for the last stanza no further score was added.
ThunderBirds go on to meet Sky Demons in the Grand Final next week.
Sky Demons won the first A divsion premiership in 2001, with ThunderBirds winning the second.
Each team has a win, draw and a loss from their three encounters so far this season.
13-MAY-2002
Guinness Elminated by Ice Wizards
Ice Wizards moved into their second B division grand final (were Ice Gators last time) with a 1-0 defeat of Guinness.
Was a very fast game with both team streaming the length of the rink into attack.
Troy Carroll was the loan goal scorer with a length of the ice effort where he beat a defender and worked a nice flick shot past Guinness keeper Ryan Findlayson.
Ice Wizards take on Anglers in the B Division grand final next week.
Ice Wizards won the first B division premiership as Ice Gators in 2001 while this is Anglers first season.
Each team has a win, draw and loss from their three games this season.
09-MAY-2002
Ice Breakers Minor Premiers
An early goal from Icebergs Kurt Briggs showed the Ice Breakers this wasnt going to be an easy game.
But the Ice Breakers tied it not long afterwards.
Tim Harwood and Shane Savill put another two past the Icebergs to give the Ice Breakers a two goal lead and a good grip on the minor premiership.
Some good last efforts got the Icebergs another goal, but it wasnt quite enough, final score 3-2.
09-MAY-2002
69ers Clinch 4th Spot
With a scoreless 1st half to this game, both teams came out hard in the second looking for the win that wouold secure their spot in the finals.
69ers Dale Ashworth-Ahearn put one into the net with another one not long after.
The Slush Puppies tried but couldnt make up the two goal deficit.
69ers have clinched fourth spot after spending the majority of the season either in 6th or 5th place.
Slush Puppies have dropped to 5th after spending most of the season in 3rd and 4th spot.
While disapointed I am sure Slush Puppies were happy with their season which included their first ever win.
09-MAY-2002
Last Minute Goal Gets Phoenix Out of the Fire !!
This had to be one of the best games of the season.
The Magic and Phoenix gave it their all in their 'one all' draw.
After recieving a great pass from Shannon Vost, James Kristoff put one in the back of the net for Monkey Magic.
It seemed like Monkey Magic were going to hold for a win until Ben Robson for Phoenix scored with only two minutes on the clock.
1 all a fair result for a great game.
06-MAY-2002
Sky Demons into 3rd Straight Division A Grand Final
In a commanding performance Sky Demons scored three early unanswered goals to blow away minor premiers ThunderBirds.
Score was one all in the second half but the damage was already done.
Sky Demons into their third straight Grand Final winning 4-1.
Goals for Sky Demons were all singles, Tracy Ivin, John Skiadas, Con Sourlangos and Harry Sotiropoulos.
Troy Carroll scored a fine one on one goal against keeper Ryan Findlayson for ThunderBirds who now play Mighty Ducks next week in the Division A preliminary final.
06-MAY-2002
Mighty Ducks Eliminate Wild Buffaloes in Upset
The elimination final started perfectly for Mighty Ducks with an early break away goal.
From there the goals just kept coming.
In all six Mighty Ducks goals to one ended the Wild Buffaloes season.
Wild Buffaloes have done it tough this season with an unsettled roster and several new players.
Mighty Ducks now play ThunderBirds in next weeks preliminary final.
The winner will go into the grand final vs Sky Demons.
06-MAY-2002
Anglers into B Division Grand Final
Only one goal scored between these teams in eighty minutes of Broomball.
Anglers new comer Shannon Jorda scored from a Kerry Baxter pass.
The Anglers then held out the always attacking Ice Wizards to get the 1 nil win and move into the B division grand final.
Ice Wizards now take on Guinness in next weeks B division preliminary final and will need to improve their "team" effort if they are going to make the grand final.
06-MAY-2002
Guinness in Sudden Death Over Time
The match was dominated by defence with very few chances created by either side, as a result the final score of nil all.
In a long sudden death over time Dane Hansen of Guinness got the ball a couple metres out, slid right and slotted home the winner.
Polar Bears had a good season but are now eliminated and finish the season in fourth.
Guinness move on to tackle Ice Wizards in next weeks B division preliminary final.
06-MAY-2002
50 Games Club - A Division
Tracy Ivin was joined by Kerry Baxter and Saxon Hooper in the A Division 50 game club.
John Skiadas from Sky Demons will play his 50th game when he plays the Grand Final in a couple of weeks.
Jenny Sourlangos of ThunderBirds will play her 50th game if ThunderBirds play the Grand Final (Mighty Ducks will have some say in that though).
02-MAY-2002
Icebergs defeat 69ers
Jay schmidt opened the scoring with a break-away to put 69ers 1 up.
This was against the run of play as Icebergs were applying a lot of pressure, 69ers were even down to 5 players (Anne Greentree 2 minutes for clipping).
Icebergs were playing extremely well however when Tim Edwards setup up Adrian White for the equaliser.
Then with 20 seconds on the clock Adrian White, once again, brought the ball up in attack.
He slid a pass in to Tim Edwards who had a little space (two defenders closing in) and sweetly struck a shot on goal.
This was knocked down by the keeper, but dropped in front of goal where Adrian White had continued his run and from closer range scored the winner.
There was a notable performance by the 69ers goal keeper (Karen Callaghan) who made a number of good saves, keeping the scoreline close.
02-MAY-2002
Ice Breakers All Tied Up With Phoenix
Goals to Shannon Jorda(Ice Breakers) and Jo Mitchell(Phoenix) in a very even battle that just couldn't be decided.
Ben Robson added another 2 to his penalty stats confirming he is the 'Clip-Master'.
02-MAY-2002
Slush Puppies get Slushed
The Monkeys put on a commanding performance in putting away 4 goals against Slush Puppies for an easy victory.
2 goals to James Kristof, singles to Tim Roffey and Shannon Vost.
James put in a genuine man of the match performance always looking dangerous on the ball.
Slush Puppies Geoff Neil did get a consolation goal after a pass from Renato Cantalupo.
29-APR-2002
Annacondas Win First Ever Mixed Bag Tournament
Was an awesome night of Broomball.. Teams randomly selected from a hat.. no one really knew how anyone would go..
We had Thunderbirds and Sky Demons mixed with 69ers, Polar Bears and Mighty Ducks mixed with Slush Puppies, Wild Buffaloes and Slytherin mixed in with Phoenix.
As it turned out the Anacondas defeated Elementals 3 goals to nil in the final of the Australian Mixed Bag Tournament.
Great fun for all who attended with a resounding "Lets Do It Again"... which we will.. towards the end of the year.
Australian Champions: Annacondas 3 defeated Elementals 0
NSW Champions: Gargoyles 1 defeated Dragons 1 (Gargoyles win on 1st goal rule)
Sydney Champions: Bugbears 1 defeated Fiends 0 in sudden death OT
Penrith Champions: Centaurs 2 defeated Hell Hounds 1
30-APR-2002
Sawawawas Avoid Wooden Spoon
With both Slytherin and Sawawawas needing to win to avoid the wooden spoon, both teams played as if this was a final.
Sam Boer opened the scoreing for Sawawawas with a cannon shot from the right wing over the keepers shoulder.
Peter Yabsley secured the win with a late second half goal. Sawawawas must be wondering what could have been with 5 losses by a 1 goal margin.
Slytherin did very well in their debut season at least managing to draw with all 4 of the A division finalist.
30-APR-2002
Sky Demons out Point Mighty Ducks in Dead Rubber
A very good game given that the outcome of the match had no effect on the final positions.
Was a dour match with both teams threatening to score. Sky Demons with applied pressure and Mighty Ducks with fast breaks.
In the end Kerry Baxter chipped in a nice goal to give Sky Demons the one nil win.
Sky Demons finished in second place and take on minor premiers Thunderbirds next week in the Qualifying final.
Mighty Ducks finished in fourth place and take on third placed Wild Buffaloes in the Elimination final.
30-APR-2002
Guinnes Secure last B Division Finals Berth
The winner of Steelers vs Guinness would take 4th place and the last finals berth.
Steelers with history on their side had beat Guinness on their last two meetings.
As with their last two encounters Guinness scored first through brother and sister combination, Brett Mitchell passing to Jo Mitchell who buried the shot.
In their last game Steelers were able to turn the game around with the next two goals however this time Guinness were not going to let them get away and scored the next two goals through David Daffy and Ryan Findlayson to secure the 3-0 win and more importantly 4th spot.
30-APR-2002
Dress Rehearsal for Anglers and Ice Wizards
First vs Second in what is a preview of next weeks Qualifying Final.
Anglers and Ice Wizards battled out a nil all draw giving nothing away in a tight contest.
Troy Carroll went scoreless again thanx to some close marking by Angler Tracy Ivin.
Neither team could crack the others solid defence and next weeks game should be a cracker with goals carrying a high premium.
30-APR-2002
Golden Falcons Just Miss Out on Two in a Row
In a game that had no bearing on the finals Golden falcons played agressively and nearly pulled off an upset vs Polar Bears.
Golden Falcons scored first and held the lead until Saxon Hooper scored very late in the second half.
A good game to play in.. very fast on good dry ice. Falcons should go well next season if they can get their core players to the games.
25-APR-2002
69ers Grab 4th Spot
A fairly close game with two late goals securing an important win for 69ers.
The score was nil all for nearly the first 10 minutes until Brett Mitchell scored the first of his two goals for 69ers.
The score stayed at 1 nil until with 5 minutes to go Dave Manson powered a shot through to secure the points.
Brett Mitchell then scored his second goal with only a minute remaining.
The win puts 69ers into 4th place above Slush Puppies on the virtue of having more bonus points at this stage. (see how important they are...)
25-APR-2002
Icebergs unleash Young Guns
Young Guns Tim Edwards, Kurt Briggs and Adrian White led the way for Icebergs as they upset competition leaders Phoenix 2 goals to nil.
Was a very even game which could have gone either way with the only difference being Icebergs converting their chances.
Tim Edwards and Adrian White were the goal scorers for Icebergs. Joel Firth had a strong game in goals for Phoenix making several crucial saves.
Wily Garry Mitchell directed traffic from up back for Icebergs.
Phoenix, Icebergs and Ice Breakers all have the same record at 4 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws with only bonus points the difference.
Ice Breakers have done all 5 dutys and sit on top of the ladder while Phoenix and Icebergs have both missed a duty game and have one still to go.
Could prove crucial in the final analysis as the finals positions are decided.
25-APR-2002
Slush no trouble for the Ice Breakers
Ice Breakers showed awesome pre finals form in their 4 goal demolition of Slush Puppies.
All goals came in the first half with four different players scoreing them.
Cliff Pace, Shane Savill, Tim Harwood all scored with the fouth goal going to Ester Hill.. Her first ever broomball goal.
Slush Puppies who had 32 players (well it looked like that many were there) settled down in the second and kept the score respectable.
Ice Breakers move to the top of the table virtue of their bonus points for duty.
22-APR-2002
Steelers hang on to Finals Chance
Last seasons B division premiers Steelers who have been struggling this season with the improved competition and loss of some of their key players have kept their finals chances alive (breathe here) with a 1-0 victory over the Polar Bears.
Dominique Dumas scored the only goal of the game which included a double assist from Chantal Knowles and Tabatha Brewin.
Polar Bears applied some late heat but some excellent defence and great keeping from Todd Boneiface kept the Polar Bears scoreless.
Polar Bears are locked into third place and Steelers need to defeat Guinness next week to make the finals.
22-APR-2002
Falcons on Fire !
Golden Falcons upset Guinness with a 2 goal to nil win.
Sean Mitchell scored for Golden Falcons while Kevin Howarth scored his first ever goal to take the Falcons to their first game victory of the season.
The loss opens the door for Steelers who will play Guinness in the final round match next week to decide 4th place.
22-APR-2002
Mighty Ducks defeat Sawawawas
This game was going to decide 4th spot for A division.
Both teams on equal points needed to win to secure the spot.
Sawawawas were missing Peter Yabsley but still put up a mighty fight creating many chances.
Mighty Ducks Terry Giovas had a night out scoreing two goals, the last with only 4 seconds to go in the match.
Con Sourlas smashed home the other goal for Mighty Ducks securing 4th place and their first finals appearence in only their second season.
22-APR-2002
ThunderBirds out run Wild Buffaloes
In what was a great game to play both teams kept this game going at a high pace.
Thunderbirds scored first but Steve Timmins for Wild Buffaloes evened it up from a Tim Brown pass.
One all at half time. Within seconds of the second half starting Thunderbirds had grabbed another.
That opened the flood gates with the final score ending at 4 goals to 2.
The win secures the minor premiership for Thunderbirds.
22-APR-2002
Slytherin hold out for another Draw
Slytherin held on for another draw on the back of some awesome defence and keeping.
Sky Demons with a mountain of possession and massive shots on goal advantage couldnt crack the defence.
Slytherin can get off the bottom of the table with a win vs Sawawawas next week while Sky Demons are locked into 2nd place.
18-APR-2002
Icebergs defeat Monkey Magic
The Icebergs put on 4 goals to defeat Monkey Magic 1.
A good game for Adrian White collecting 3 goals and an assist.
Kurt Briggs also did well with a goal and an assist, and it wouldn't be Icebergs if Gary Mitchell didn't get on the board, 1 assist.
But the Monkeys did score with a well taken goal from Jo Mitchell.
18-APR-2002
Give Me Five
A fast flowing game with that went from end to end.
69ers with there fast flowing passing game and Ice Breakers who always seem to spring a surprise.
On this occasion (and not for first time) a length of the Ice run from Cliff Pace ending with the ball in the 69ers net.
They had just stormed up the ice and taken a shot when Cliff pick up the ball in front of his own net and ran around the 69ers team as they tried to turn and chase.
Tim Harwood contributed the other 2 goals for Ice Breakers to give them a 3-2 win.
Brett Mitchell pick up one goal for 69ers and Dale Ashworth the other after being set up by David Manson.
18-APR-2002
Phoenix Fire Snuffed By The Slush
The Slush Puppies held on to take a point in a game where nobody could take their chances.
Slush Puppies had some good possession but couldnt get any meaningful shots on goal.
Phoenix on the other hand had a number of breaks but were foiled by some good goal keeping and defence.
15-APR-2002
ThunderBirds hold out Sky Demons 1-0
Sky Demons controlled possession extremely well in a game they totally dominated everywhere except the scoreboard.
With about 50 shots to 5 in the first half somehow ThunderBirds managed to keep it at 0-0 (some exceptional keeping by both keepers helped.)
Early in the second ThunderBirds got a goal and held that lead although under extreme Demon pressure.
Without the excellent goal keeping this game could have easily been 8-2 Sky Demons way.
15-APR-2002
Ice Wizards just get past Golden Falcons
Ice Wizards looking strangely soft in this game just got past a determined Golden Falcons.
Golden Falcons took it to the premiership favourites in defence and created several chances of their own in attack.
Troy Carroll who hasnt scored for the last two games finally got on the board with a lucky rebound which left the keeper out of position.
Scott Murray snagged the other goal for the Ice Wizards.
Golden Falcons let themselves down in attack missing some open net shots which would have made the score much tighter.
15-APR-2002
Polar Bears lock it up with Guinness
Draws seem to be these teams specialty. The nil all result gave Polar Bears their 4th draw of the season while it was draw number 3 for Guinness.
However the game was not without incident. With the intensity lifting David Daffy recieved a two minute penalty for sliding..
a bit of lip and it became a 5 minute penalty. This left Guinness a player down for the last five minutes of the game.
With four minutes to go Polar Bear Alf Leahy threw out a bit of a leg and tripped the Guinness player while tussling for the ball meaning for a couple minutes it was 4 on 4.
However once back to full strength Polar still couldnt find a way through the Guinness defence.
15-APR-2002
Anglers 3 Steelers 1
Steelers grabbed the lead with a goal to first gamer Todd McGregor from a Justin Bullen pass in a nicely set up play.
However Anglers then settled and controlled the possession and applied the pressure.
Steelers held out for a while but the constant defence took its toll as Anglers added the next 3 goals.
Final score 3 to 1 Anglers. Angler goals to Kerry Baxter, Matt Xerri and Shannon Jorda.
11-APR-2002
Slush Puppies Draw Icebergs
This game ended the way it started 0-0.
Slush Puppies with some good shots on net but some solid Iceberg defence and keeping stopped anything getting in.
Icebergs also had all their chances foiled by the slushy defence.
11-APR-2002
Ice Breakers Secure Second Place
Tim Harwood scoreing a goal from Shannon Jorda in the first ten minutes showed what the Magic were in for.
Not long after Cliff Pace gave Tim Harwood his second goal.
The second period saw Shannon Jorda continue his good goal scoreing form from a Tim Harwood pass.
With 4 minutes left on the board Tim Roffey put Monkey Magic on the score sheet.
Final score 3-1 to Ice Breakers.
11-APR-2002
Phoenix Roast 69ers
The outcome of this game was decided in the first 10 minutes with Phoenix on the board twice by Stephen Clarke and Joel Robson.
For Phoenix Meena Mikhael added 2 goals with Jay Schmidt scoreing 69ers only effort.
Phoenix stamping their class over the field with a solid 4 goals to 1 win.
08-APR-2002
Polar Bears dine out on Ice Wizard Carcass
Ice Wizards suffered their first defeat of the season at the paws of Polar Bears.
Polar Bears were first to score and increased the lead to two before Ice Wizards got one back midway through the last half.
As time ran out Ice Wizards pushed everyone forward in an attemp to tie up the game however the plan back fired and Polar Bears scored some late break away goals to win 4-1.
Polar Bear goals were scored by Mark Kim, Saxon Hooper, Andrew Leahy and new recruit Lina Nasr. Ice Wizards sole goal was scored by Aaron Wigg.
Points leader Troy Carroll went pointless for the second week in a row.
The win was enough to push Polar Bears into third spot in front of Guinness.
Even with the loss there is only a few rounds to go and Ice Wizrds look set to take out the Minor Premiership.
08-APR-2002
Anglers Run Riot on Golden Falcons
Golden Falcons held out for a little while but were just overwhelmed by Anglers.
New recruit Shannon Jorda (who saw Broomball on Fox 8 and came down to try it out a couple weeks back) scored not only his first broomball goal in this game but managed a hat trick.
Kerry Baxter scored two goals with Tracy Ivin, Karen Roberts and Daniel Roberts claiming singles.
Golden Falcons never gave up and created some good chances only to be foiled by the posts and goal keeper on numerous occassions.
08-APR-2002
Wild Buffaloes draw Sky Demons
A game of the highest quality with a fair result in the end.
Extremely good defence limited the shots on goal and some good keeping at both ends made it even tougher.
Cliff Pace scored first for Wild Buffaloes mid way through the second half with a nice move as he faded accross goals and hit it back accross keeper Saxon Hooper (yeah yeah he got one past me.. he isnt the first ya know!!)
With only four minutes to go Con Sourlangos hammered home the equaliser.
The score did not change any further.
08-APR-2002
Mighty Ducks Slide Past Slytherin
Both teams had numerous chances to score but it was Mighty Ducks who managed it twice.
John Magnisalis scored both goals for Mighty Ducks which puts him in second place for the A grade points.
The win also well and truly keeps the final hopes of Mighty Ducks alive.
With only Sawawawas completing extra duty at this stage keeping them in 4th place.
In fact any of the 6 teams can make the A division finals if they manage to win the majority of their final few games.
08-APR-2002
ThunderBirds by a Goal over Sawawawas
ThunderBirds got off to another rocket start with a goal to Saxon Hooper from the opening face off.
Third week in a row that ThunderBirds have scored from the opening face off within the 1st minute of the game.
ThunderBirds were next to score to take the lead out to 2-0.
Sawawawas however didnt give up and through Sally Yabsley took the score to 2-1 just before 1/2 time.
Sam Boer fired from the blue line early in the second half to take the score to 2-2.. Game on !!
Both teams played really well in a very fast paced end to end game.
With 5 minutes to go Troy Carroll drove a shot in past the Sawawawas keeper to put ThunderBirds in front again.
It was enough for the win taking ThunderBirds to top of the table. However Sky Demons still have a game in hand.
04-APR-2002
Ice Breakers cant break Icebergs
A cracker of a game to start proceedings which ended up as 2 all draw.
Cliff Pace scored a goal for Ice Breakers with team mate Shannon Jorda scoreing his maiden broomball goal.
For Icebergs both goals were scored by Adrian White.
Both teams had chances to win the game in the last few minutes but the defence was up to it.
04-APR-2002
69ers Finally Hit Top Gear
After a slow start to the season 69ers finally showed some of their preseason form in accounting for the ever improving Slush puppies 6-2.
69ers dominated early, held off a Slush Puppy fight back and finally over ran them.
All six goals were scored by different players for the 69ers showing off their good team work.
Ian Ahearn, Eric Greentree, Jay Schmidt, Dale Ahearn, Dave Manson and Steve Larte(1st Broomball Goal) scored for 69ers.
For Slush Puppies Greg Vicentijevic continued his scoreing form and Petrina Wormleaton scored her first broomball goal with a nice strike from a good distance out.
04-APR-2002
Phoenix Continue to Lead the Competition
Phoenix minus their founder Matt Robson controlled the game well eeking out their goals when needed.
Final result 2 goals to nil was a fair indication of the game. Goals to Stephen Clarke and Phoenix captain Joel Firth secured the win.
Monkey's tried hard and created several chances but were unable to capitalise.
Although only playing a few games and languishing at the bottom of the table, Monkey Magic are showing the right stuff and will definately become a competitive team if they stick with it.
01-APR-2002
ThunderBirds down Mighty Ducks
Andrew Nicholson got the scores going for ThunderBirds with a goal in the first 10 seconds of the match (A Penrith record).
Thunderbirds scored again in the first half with James Ray grabbing his first ever A grade goal.
Mighty Ducks came out hard in the second period and John Magnisalis scored their first goal.
They continued to apply heaps of pressure and were unlucky several times not to even it up.
A defensive lapse saw Johnny on the spot Andrew Nicholson swoop in and score his second for the night.
Scores remained 3-1 until the end. The win secures second place for ThunderBirds.
01-APR-2002
Wild Buffaloes hand out another 1-0 defeat to Sawawawas
A very tough game with Sawawawas swarming in attack but unable to beat the keepers.
Tim Brown was the only goal scorer of the game for Wild Buffaloes.
Andrew Leahy and Ceez Kim made good A grade debuts for Wild Buffaloes.
Sawawawas have suffered another 1-0 loss their 4th for the season and the 5th by 1 goal.
01-APR-2002
Polar Bears and Anglers Draw
Mark Porn Star Kim got Polar Bears away with a fine solo goal from a fast break.
The goal seemed to spark Anglers as they appied the heat. The ball never really left
Anglers attacking half for the rest of the game. Good defence kept the Polar Bears in front until Angler Tracy Ivin put a shot away to level it up.
More pressure by Anglers and more good defence by Polar Bears saved them to hold out for a draw.
01-APR-2002
Steelers no Show !!
Golden Falcons picked up their first win of the season thanx to a no show by Steelers.
01-APR-2002
Ice Wizrds just over Guinness
Ice Wizards jumped out to a 2 nil lead with both goals to Luke Simmonds. It looked like they were going to power on through however Guinness picked up the intensity and hung in there.
Dane Hansen lead the Guinness revival with a goal from an impossible distance, at an impossible angle, passed a bewildered Ice Wizard keeper Scott Murray.
Final score 2-1 for Ice Wizards. Guinness did a good job on current points leader Troy Carroll leaving him pointless for the first time ever in B division game.
28-MAR-2002
First Points for 69ers
The first game of the night saw the 69ers and Icebergs battle it out.
It seemed to be a game that the Icebergs were going to dominate with a goal to Garry Mitchell from Kurt Briggs.
Not too long after, Adrian White and Tim Edwards showed the 69ers how it should be done.
This put the Icebergs 2 goals on top.
This would be all the Icebergs would manage as 69ers scored their first goal by Jay Schmidt.
Both teams had their chances but it was Dale Aheran who found the net for 69ers giving the goal they needed to draw and their first competition points.
28-MAR-2002
Another Draw - Ice Breakers v Phoenix
As the game started, Phoenix put pressure on the Ice Breakers but failed to get through the strong defence.
Cliff Pace stopping a couple of 3 on 1 situations (way to give yourself a wrap dude.. Saxon.)
With Phoenix on the attack, a pass in front of the goal saw Ice Breakers score on their own goal as the ball deflected into the net.
Nicole Goerge awarded the goal for Phoenix (her second in as many games).
Joel Firth and Christine Deng put up a strong defence all game for Phoenix.
However with a run down the ice from a long pass, newcomer Tim Harwood scored for Ice Breakers to draw the game.
The clock ran out and left both teams hanging on a goal each.
28-MAR-2002
Slush Puppies Continue to Impress
The Slush Puppies have once again proved that they are a changed team.
This was a one way game that left the Magic empty. Dave Monty and Geoff Neill scoreing the first two goals.
Monkeys tried hard to attack and keep the Puppies out at their end.
However it was not enough as Greg Vicentijevic wound up and took a shot from a little past the blue line to seal the Slush Puppies victory.
Great effort Magic but no rabbits out of the hat this time.
* C grade match reports by Cliff Pace (I always forget to credit the writers.. Saxon).
25-MAR-2002
Guinness and Anglers in Dour Draw
Not too much to say about a 0-0 draw.
Both teams played well in the very wet conditions creating many chances, only to be foild by good defence, good goal keeping or poor finishing.
It was clear early on that the first team to score would be likely to win by that margin.
However neither could break the deadlock. For Anglers new comers Shane Savill and Shannon Jorda started their broomball careers well.
25-MAR-2002
Ice Wizards 4-3 vs Steelers
In what had to be the best B grade game in the history of Penrith Broomball, Ice Wizards just out lasted the Steelers.
At half time the score was 3-2 Ice wizards way with Steelers staying in the match with some tight defence by Chantal Knowles and some brilliant keeping by Todd Boneiface.
Ice Wizards got an early second half goal to lead 4-2 however Janine Lowe got the ball on half way and out sprinted the cover defence, set for the shot and fired a heat seeking missile into the back of the net.
The Goal Keeper Luke Simmonds was lucky to be alive let alone save the shot.
(well thats how Janine might describe the goal to the Canadians when she heads over.. some of the spectators might have said she got the ball at half way, nearly fell over twice, lost possession, regained possesion and sliced a shot which rolled all the way along the ground and no one knows how it beat Luke..)
No matter how it went the score was 4-3. Steelers had plenty of late chances as did Ice Wizards however neither team could add to the score.
A very good game though with both teams sending out stiff warning to the competition.
25-MAR-2002
Slytherin Tie Up with ThunderBirds
ThunderBirds got away to the perfect start with a goal in the opening seconds even though it was a lucky rebound off a Slytherin defender.
Slytherin tied it away with a good goal from Dane Hansen through Thunderbirds keeper Con Sourlangos right on half time.
More of the same in the second half with ThunderBirds scoreing again off a defender deflection.
With about eight minutes to go Matt Robson made a break and put away a nice shot to square it up again.
The score remained locked at 2-2 until the end of the game.
25-MAR-2002
Sourlangos Scores Winner for Sky Demons
Sawawawas scored first with a goal to Sam Boer. Sky Demons evened it up just before half time.
Scores remained level at 1-1 right through the second half with some good chances created and foiled by both teams.
With 15 seconds to go Con Sourlangos broke from half way and after a bit of a wobble beat the Sawawawas keeper with a flick shot, handing Sawawawas their 4th 1 goal defeat of the season.
25-MAR-2002
Wild Buffaloes Over Mighty Ducks
Three goals to nil is probably not a fair indication of how close this game was.
Goals were spread out with the last one coming in the last few seconds.
Mighty Ducks had a lot of chances and only a couple of defensive lapses cost them.
21-MAR-2002
The Swinging Monkeys
This game seemed to be dominated by the 69ers but they couldnt get the ball into the back of the net.
The Magic started the flow as James Kristoff got in behind the 69er defence to find the mesh with a long shot.
Shortly into the second half another break away saw Monkey captain Jo Mitchell slide a nice pass to Shannon Vost who put it in a nice flick shot.
At 2-0 down and only seconds after the goal Jay Schmidt got the 69ers going with a goal from a Brett Mitchell pass.
Monkey Magic managed to hold out for their first competition win from only their third game.
21-MAR-2002
Too Much Heat for the Icebergs
Finally Phoenix have got it going with this well needed victory over the previously undefeated Icebergs.
An enormous effort put in by both teams, with Pheonix starting strong and scoreing two before the Icebergs got a move on by Garry Mitchell from an Adam Campbell pass.
Although defending as much as possible, Phoenix scored twice again.
Stephen Clarke got two, Nicole Goerge on debut for Phoenix also scored a great goal while Matt Robson got one and assisted twice.
21-MAR-2002
The Ice is Broken
A very hard first loss for Ice Breakers who go on record as the first team ever defeated in a competition match by the ever improving Slush Puppies (previously Veritas).
Slush Puppies lost all ten of their games in last years summer competition but have come out fireing winning two preseason matches and now knocking off Ice Breakers.
Slush Puppies started off with a one goal lead which they took to half time.
The second half proved pretty much the same, seeing Dirk Whelan score another goal and assist one for Greg Vicentijevic.
Unfortunately the Ice Breakers couldnt put the ball in the net, having run up to it many times throughout the game.
Watch out C grade.... the Puppies are slushing their way through !!!
18-MAR-2002
Polar Bears pip Golden Falcons 1-0
With both teams short their usual roster this was always going to be a game of attrition.
The game flowed back and forth with neither team being able to penetrate the solid defence.
With time running out the determined Golden Falcons were holding out sustained pressure by the Polar Bear attackers.
Ironically when the pressure was relieved and Golden Faclcons were mounting some of their own a turn over and a break away by Mark Porn Star Kim resulted in the only goal of the game.
The win gave Polar Bears their second win in a row.
Although losing Golden Falcons showed they deserved B grade status with a good performance.
18-MAR-2002
Ice Wizards Blast Anglers
Ice Wizards blasted home three goals to defeat Anglers by two.
Scott Murray and Stiffy Boy Troy Carroll scored long range blasts.
Aaron Wigg scored the third while for Anglers Kerry Baxter scored from a Tracy Ivin pass.
18-MAR-2002
Steelers Come From Behind.. Again !!
In a replay of last seasons B grade grand final Steelers came from behind to score a 2 goal to 1 victory against Guinness.
Jo Mitchell started the scoreing for the game with a fine lunging effort from a David Daffy pass to pop it over Steelers goalie Todd Boneiface.
However Steelers regrouped and Chantal Knowles levelled up the game.
Both teams applied heaps of pressure but Steelers were first to crack the Guinnes defence and Justin Bullen made it 2-1 for Steelers, repeating the score line and goal pattern of last years Grand Final.
18-MAR-2002
Sky Demons over Mighty Ducks
The Sky team controlled the game with a heap of posession and pressure with Mighty Ducks relying on fast breaks and quick legs for their offensive moves.
Con Sourlangos started the scoreing for Sky Demons with a low hard shot past keeper Saxon Hooper.
Tracy Ivin scored the second goal towards the end of the first half.
The score remained at 2-0 for the entire second half with Goal Keeper Peter Yabsly making some huge saves to complete a shut out.
18-MAR-2002
Sawawawas Hammer Slytherin
2 goals, 1 assist, a huge golden falcon and a man of the match performance by Sam Boer lead Sawawawas to a 4-0 win over Slytherin.
Peter Yabsley scored the other two goals for Sawawawas.
Slytherin did however create many chances but havent quite got used to the pressure in A grade and just failed to convert.
14-MAR-2002
Ice Bergs sink Monkey Magic
Jo Mitchell lead her rookie Monkeys, short a Pigsy, for this tough assignment against the experienced Ice Bergs.
For much of the first half the Monkeys were forced to defend.
But the Ice Berg team just couldn't find the net.
It took a deft foot pass from Ice Berg Gary Mitchell gave Kurt Briggs some space to strike and put them 1 up.
In the second half Gary Mitchell again proved the play maker flipping the ball into an unmarked Adrian White, who made no mistake.
2-0 the final score with the Monkeys still gaining their feet. Maybe next week we'll see some magic clouds.
14-MAR-2002
Ice Ice Baby!!
The 69ers came out looking very confident in their matchup against Ice Breakers.
They controlled possession masterfully with some great team passing and looked like they could run away with this game.
But Ice Breakers held on and defended looking to catch the 69ers out on the break.
Which is exactly what they did, once again Cliff Pace showed great skill to beat several players then put Andrew Chapman in on goal, not once but TWICE, and he made no mistake.
But 69ers also showed great team work when Ian Ahern passed to Dave Manson to make it 2-1.
The final minutes saw 69ers continually attacking but the Ice Breakers miserly defence held out to give them their first win of the season.
14-MAR-2002
Oh Matt, how did you miss!!
This was a very even match filled with end to end action for the entire 40 minutes.
Slush Puppies opened the scoring when a loose ball was converted into a goal seeking missile by Geoff Neill early in the half.
Then Phoenix looked to have found an equalizer when some great passing saw Matt Robson with only the goalie to beat.
Sure enough he easily rounded the keepers desperate lunge then�..slide the ball across the face of the unguarded net.
In the second half some Phoenix started to get some good possession.
Some good runs up the ice by Joel Robson ended with good crosses but nobody seemed to be able to get on the end of them.
Phoenix did equalize when Stephen Clarke passed across the face of goal to an unmarked Matt Robson� this time he made no mistake.
However this is were the scoring ended, some great goal keeping from Steve Neill, making several magnificent saves (scooping one off the goal line) plus a notable shot stop by Cassandra Morley, made sure honours were shared.
11-MAR-2002
Sky Demons in Total Control
Sky Demons controlled the game from the outset and were 3-0 up 9 minutes into the game.
Slytherin however never stopped trying and actually controlled some good passages through the game and held Sky Demons out for most of the rest of the game.
Final score 4-0.
2 Goals to Con Sourlangos and one each to Harry Sotiropoulos and Tracy Ivin.
Kerry Baxter chipped in with two assists.
11-MAR-2002
ThunderBirds hold out Wild Buffaloes
One of the games of the season with Thunderbirds defeating Wild Buffaloes 2-1.
Daniel Roberts started the scoring for Thunderbirds with a rocket into the top corner of the goals.
Another goal a few minutes later took Thunderbirds to 2-0 at half time.
The game then flowed from end to end with plenty of heroics at both defensive ends (was even a few punches and kicks thrown by the rough and tumble Buffalo back players).
With only two minutes to go the Buffaloes were applying plenty of heat and finally cracked the Thunderbirds defence with a goal to Steve Timmins.
The last minute was full on pressure by the never say die Buffaloes but ThunderBirds kept them out and grabbed a valuable win 2-1.
11-MAR-2002
Sawawawas 1-0 again !!
Sawawawas finally grabbed a win with a (you guessed it) 1-0 win over Mighty Ducks.
Not too many opportunities for either team with this game played in the midfield. Peter Yabsley finally scored Sawawawas first goal of the year with a curling, swinging, hissing, thunderbolt which curled around several defenders as it changed altitude at least 8 times before just slipping past the keeper who had no chance but still managed to get some stick on it and nearly deflect it away.
Mighty Ducks applied some late pressure in search of a draw but Sawawawas soaked it up and got their first win of the season.
11-MAR-2002
Guinness over Golden Falcons
Guinness overpowered Golden Falcons who put up a much better performance this week.
Dane Hansen bagged both goals for Guinness while Golden Falcon forwards Sean Mitchell and Mark Slater created some good chances up front but couldnt convert.
At the back Kylie Connolly and Leane Slater did well for Falcons.
Strong games also by Guinness players Craig Horsley and Beth Hines.
11-MAR-2002
Polar Bears Get First Win
Polar Bears got their first win of the season in a close fought game 2-1 against Steelers.
A scrambled goal to Steeler Mark Blattma had Steelers leading 1-0 early in the game.
Polar Bears evened things up a few minutes later with some good sustained attacking pressure.
The score remained 1-1 until 1/2 time.
Mark Kim scored next for Polar Bears from a Brock Lesels pass and even though Steelers created some good second half chances they couldnt find an equaliser.
07-MAR-2002
Winter 2002 - C Division gets underway
Finally after a month of scratch matches the C Division competition got underway.
Icebergs got off to the perfect start with an early goal to lead 1 - 0.
However Slush Puppies fresh off their first win ever evened it just before half time with a nicely worked goal to Dirk Whelan from a Mitchell Tuza pass.
Icebergs again started well in the second half scoreing two quick goals and taking the game away 3-1.
Robyn Tuza had an outstanding game for Slush Puppies. Brett Mitchell (who looks strangely like a 69er) got two goals for Icebergs and Kurt Briggs the other.
07-MAR-2002
Late Goal Robs Monkey Magic of First up Win
Monkey Magic jumped out of the blocks with an early goal to Jo Mitchell from a Sara Kristof pass.
The game remained closely fought from then on with both teams not converting on any of their chances.
With 15 seconds to go Cliff Pace took the ball from just over half away, beat a couple monkey's and flicked home the equaliser as time ran out.
A good start to the season for both teams, 1 all draw.
07-MAR-2002
Phoenix hold off 69ers
A well worked goal by Phoenix player Meena Mickael from a Matt Robson pass was the only score of the game as Phoenix won their first competition game against the revamped 69ers.
69ers worked hard and created many opportunities but could not convert.
A late indiscretion by Phoenix's Joel Firth gave 69ers a chance with a player up to secure a draw, however some mighty defence and good keeping kept them out.
04-MAR-2002
Anglers slip one by Steelers
A slow game on wet ice to start the night. Tracy Ivin slotted home the winner over the right shoulder of Steelers keeper Todd Boneiface.
Neither team could convert any other chances. Final score 1-0 to Anglers.
04-MAR-2002
Polar Bears and Guinness 0-0
Polar Bears and Guinness played out a tough nil all draw.
Polar Bears laid on some late heat with some controlled possession and pressure deep in Guinness's defensive zone but were unable to crack the defence.
04-MAR-2002
Ice Wizards weave some Magic
Golden Falcons were spell bound after a 7-2 broomball lesson from a rampant Ice Wizards.
Troy Carroll scored 4 goals (1 assist..see Scott he did pass once) with Luke Simmonds grabbing two and Aaron Wigg (see no s) scoreing the other.
Gemma Fornal picked up an assist. Golden Falcons always looked likely on the break and Sean Mitchell bagged a double. John Batman had a good game for Golden Falcons.
04-MAR-2002
ThunderBirds Suffer First Defeat
Sky Demons metered out ThunderBirds first defeat 3-0. Harry Sotiropouls fired home two for Sky Demons with Tracy Ivin converting a Kerry Baxter assist.
Thunderbirds remain on top of the ladder with Sky Demons close by behind.
04-MAR-2002
Wild Buffaloes just !
Slytherin played well but couldnt convert any of their break away chances.
Wild Buffaloes scored the only goal of the game midway through the second period when Steve Timmins put away a Nick Kesby assist.
25-FEB-2002
Third 1-0 Loss for Sawawawas
Sawawawas slumped to their third 1-0 defeat in a row to the unbeaten Thunderbirds.
As with their other games Sawawawas failed to convert good chances.
Jenny Sourlangos slammed home the goal from a Saxon Hooper pass halfway through the 2nd period.
25-FEB-2002
Mighty Ducks Come Back from Dead
Slytherin raced to a 2-0 lead before Mighty Ducks pulled one back.
However Slytherin scored again to make it 3-1 and looked to be in control of the game.
Mighty Ducks werent through though and finished the stronger of the two teams to claw back to 3-3.
Goal scorers for Slytherin were Matt Robson, Ryan Findlayson and an awesome(his words) one to Dane Hansen.
John Magnisalis bagged a double with Con Sourlas chipping in for one for Mighty Ducks.
25-FEB-2002
Sky Demons draw with Wild Buffaloes
A dour (but very fast) game played out by Wild Buffaloes and Sky Demons.
A John Skiadas poke pass to Harry Sotiropoulos who launched a heat seeking missile at goal keeper Ryan Findlayson opened the scoreing for Sky Demons.
Tim Brown fed Shannon Vost for the Wild Buffaloes reply. Score remained locked a 1-1 for the rest of the game.
25-FEB-2002
Anglers too much for Golden Falcons
Two goals to Matt Xerri and James Ray plus singles to Karen and Daniel Roberts provided the big win for the Anglers over Nike sponsored Golden Falcons.
Golden Falcons tried hard and played a fast game but couldnt convert their chances.
25-FEB-2002
Ice Wizards even with Polar Bears
Polar Bears were under early pressure when an expertly timed and executed dive by Stiffy Boy Troy Carroll saw a two minute penalty on Polar Bear goal keeper Saxon Hooper.
However Polar Bears killed the penalty and scored first through Andrew Leahy. Polar Bears held the 1-0 lead until late in the game.
Scott Murray grabbed a rebound from the keeper and flicked home the equaliser with only a few minutes to go.
18-FEB-2002
Ice Wizards Two From Two
Ice Wizards dominated the scoreing to defeat Guinness 4-0.
Troy Carroll (aka Stiffy Boy) grabbed a double with Scott Murray and Damien Clarke scoreing the other two.
18-FEB-2002
Steelers Over Golden Falcons
First half was an even affair but Steelers ran away with victory in the second.
Final result was 4-0 with two goals to Justin Bullen and one each to Chantal Knowles and Mark Blattma.
18-FEB-2002
Anglers Throw Back Polar Bears
In the third one sided match of the night Anglers accounted for Polar Bears 5 goals to 2.
For Anglers James Ray scored two and singles were scored by Tracy Ivin, Matt Xerri and Daniel Roberts.
Polar Bear goal scorers were Luke Peta..z and Dave Conroy.
18-FEB-2002
Late Goal Stops Sawawawas Again
Tim Brown scored the only goal of the game to give Wild Buffaloes their first win of the season.
Sawawawas played extremely well setting up many good opportunities but were just unable to convert.
18-FEB-2002
ThunderBirds Show Good Early Form
A good performance from all ThunderBirds new and old saw them continue the good start to the season with a 5 goals to 1 victory over Mighty Ducks.
The game was actually closer than the score line indicates with only two late goals blowing out the score.
Goals for ThunderBirds for Troy Carroll, Karen Roberts, Daniel Roberts and Saxon Hooper(2).
Terry Giovas was the goal scorer for Mighty Ducks with Amy Magnisalis playing well in defence for the Ducks.
12-FEB-2002
Mighty Ducks topple Summer 2001 Minor Premiers
Mighty Ducks defeated Wild Buffaloes 3-0 in a very fast and even game with only Mighty Ducks superior finishing clinching the result.
John Magnisalis lead the way scoreing all three goals, with 2 assists from Con Sourlas and 1 from Costa Sourlas.
Lina Nasr and Terry Giovas had strong defensive games for Mighty Ducks. Tim Brown lead the Buffaloes attack while Cliff Pace was a wall in defence.
12-FEB-2002
Sky Demons Steal Victory on the Bell
A John Skiadas goal with only a couple minutes to go sealed victory for Sky Demons 1 - 0 over Sawawawas.
This was a very even game with tight defence, with both teams creating some good chances to score.
12-FEB-2002
Slytherin in Tough A Grade Debut
Slytherin took on last seasons premiers ThunderBirds in their A Division debut.
A slow start by Slytherin saw Thunderbirds leap to a 2 - 0 lead, however Slytherin settled and the score remained that way until half time.
Another slow start to the second half saw Slytherin drop another two goals to be 4 - 0 down.
When it looked like the game might be getting away from the debutants they managed to string some possession together and with two nice attacking plays Scott Murray and Beth Hines scored.
With eight minutes to go Sytherin had put themselves back in the game.
The game settled and only a last second goal by Thunderbirds finished off Slytherin 5 goals to 2.
A good debut by Slytherin.
12-FEB-2002
Ice Wizards over Steelers....Just
Steelers got off to the perfect start with a goal to Pete Matolic from a Janine Lowe pass.
Troy Carroll evened it up. Finally Aaron Wigg scored late in the game to grab the first up win for the Ice Wizards.
12-FEB-2002
Guinness Hold on For 1 nil Win
Ryan Findlayson scrambled home a goal mid way through the second half and that was enough to hold out Anglers.
04-FEB-2002
Clips for Shin Guards
There is about 50 clips missing from the shin guards.
This means that most leg guards only have three left.
Please return them with all their clips.
If you see one on the ground please find a guard which is missing one and reattach it.
I cant replace the clips because the guards were imported from the US at considerable cost.
Please look after all the gear. Stick breakage this year will cost the holder of the stick $15.
04-FEB-2002
Clips for Shin Guards
There is about 50 clips missing from the shin guards.
This means that most leg guards only have three left.
Please return them with all their clips.
If you see one on the ground please find a guard which is missing one and reattach it.
I cant replace the clips because the guards were imported from the US at considerable cost.
Please look after all the gear. Stick breakage this year will cost the holder of the stick $15.
04-FEB-2002
More Shoes On The Way!!
I have ordered another 28 pairs of shoes which are due to arrive mid March.
If you would like to secure a pair let me know.
The earlier you pay (I have already paid for them) the better chance you have of picking up a pair in your size.
First pay first serve.
Size break up as follows:
2 x Size 5
2 x Size 6
4 x Size 7
3 x Size 8
4 x Size 9
4 x Size 10
4 x Size 11
3 x Size 12
2 x Size 13
Cost is $130 (see Ye Olde Broomball Shop for picture of shoes)
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